<p>On Monday, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-man-kills-wife-over-suspicion-of-affair-arrested-23257932" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai</a> reported 11 new cases of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/measles-outbreak-in-mumbai-symptoms-health-complications-heres-all-you-need-to-know-23255836" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">measles</a> and one suspected death related to the infection. A one-year-old girl child from Andheri died while suffering from measles. The death toll in the city so far increased to 14.</p>
<p>According to the BMC new wards with confirmed measles cases includes one case in each ward - B, D, T.</p>
<p>As per the BMC data, 78 new <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/measles-outbreak-mumbai-reports-eight-new-cases-23257463" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">measles</a> patients were admitted to hospitals in Mumbai on Monday, and around 115 suspected measles cases were found during the surveys. Out of 330 beds allotted for measles in civic-run hospitals, 97 beds are occupied in hospitals.</p>
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<p>Speaking about the death of a one-year-old toddler, the BMC official said, "The girl was unimmunised for measles. The cause of death is acute respiratory failure, measles with bronchopneumonia in a case of ventricular septal defect With Patent Ductus Arteriosus." The cause of death will be ascertained after the autopsy.</p>
<p>Mumbai has reported 34 outbreaks so far.</p>
<p>"All cases of fever with rash are administered two doses of Vitamin-A," the BMC release said, adding that the second dose is given after 24 hours.</p><p>
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