Coahuila and Durango are among the five states with the most measles cases in Mexico.

According to the Daily Report on the Measles Outbreak in Mexico, the country has a cumulative total of 3,001 positive cases, with an incidence rate of 2.27 per 100,000 inhabitants. A total of 5,861 probable cases have been investigated, and 59 have been confirmed in the last 24 hours.

The state of Durango ranks fourth nationwide with 18 confirmed cases and an incidence rate of 0.93; there are a total of 159 probable cases.

Fifth place goes to the neighboring state of Coahuila, with 15 positive cases and an incidence rate of 0.44; 129 probable cases have been studied.

In the country, the state of Chihuahua leads the incidence with 2,810 positive cases and an incidence rate of 70.9; followed by Sonora with 79 affected people and a rate of 2.43

Zacatecas has 21 positive cases with a rate of 1.22 while Michoacán has 13 cases with a rate of 0.26 and Tamaulipas has 12 cases with a rate of 0.32

The rest of the cases are distributed in entities such as Campeche (6), Guerrero (5), Oaxaca (4), Baja California Sur (8), Guanajuato (2), Sinaloa (2), Quintana Roo (2), San Luis Potosí (1), Querétaro (1), Yucatán (1), and Tabasco (1).

Of the total cases in Mexico, 52% are women and 48% are men. Nine people have died from this disease; eight deaths in Chihuahua, with a fatality rate of 0.28, and one death in Sonora, with a fatality rate of 1.27.

The federal Ministry of Health reported that nationwide, the most affected age group is 0 to 4 years old with 611 cases, followed by 25 to 29 years old with 433 cases, and 30 to 34 years old with 376 cases.

Regarding the incidence rate, the 0- to 4-year-old age group reported the highest rate, with 5.87 cases per 100,000 inhabitants under 4 years of age; followed by the 25- to 29-year-old and 30- to 34-year-old groups, with rates of 4.08 and 3.60, respectively.

The Mexican Association of Vaccinology (AMV) noted that the vast majority of cases have occurred in people without a vaccination history, making it important for the population to heed the health sector's recommendations and receive the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, rubella, and mumps. It is safe, free, and the best protection against measles, which is not a mild disease as it can cause pneumonia, encephalitis, and even death.

The World Health Organization (WHO) itself explains that measles is highly contagious and spreads when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes. They add that vaccination is the best way to avoid contracting the disease or spreading it to others.

They note that before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963 and widespread vaccination was adopted, major epidemics occurred approximately every two to three years, causing an estimated 2.6 million deaths annually.