OH: 2023 Whooping cough

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Source: https://www.whio.com/news/local/who...lth-officials-say/XBUCDUXITJASVLC2HGZQV6BSAE/

Whooping cough cases are on the rise locally, health officials say
By WHIO Staff
October 20, 2023 at 10:46 am EDT​

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Health officials are issuing a warning about a rise in pertussis cases in Montgomery County.

There have been 44 cases, including 30 cases occurring in the past three months, according to a spokesperson for Public Health Dayton and Montgomery County. The cases range in age from four months to 70 years.

By comparison, there were a total of 13 cases in 2022, the spokesperson said.​..

 

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Source: https://www.fox19.com/2023/11/16/ohio-tops-nation-whooping-cough-cases-cdc/

Ohio tops nation in whooping cough cases: CDC
By Jennifer Edwards Baker

Published: Nov. 16, 2023 at 8:01 AM EST|Updated: Nov. 16, 2023 at 10:58 AM EST


WARREN COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - Ohio is leading the nation in whooping cough cases as a Greater Cincinnati health department urges the public to stay current with immunizations amid a local outbreak.

Fifteen cases of whooping cough, also called pertussis, have been recorded so far this year in Warren County, including 14 in the last month alone, compared with just one case reported in all of 2022, the county’s health department announced Wednesday.

A similar health department advisory went out in late October from neighboring Montgomery County, which includes the city of Dayton, after 44 cases were reported compared with a total of 13 last year.

Overall this year through Nov. 4, Ohio has reported 603 cases - a more than 415% increase over the Buckeye state’s 117 cases in the same time period last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Not all Ohio counties are seeing significant increases, at least not yet...

...After Ohio, the state of New York including New York City is reporting the second-highest number of cases this year, 495 through Nov. 4, according to the CDC.

Illinois comes in third with 306 cases, precisely half of Ohio’s.

The CDC lists Ohio in its East North Central region, which also is leading the nation with 1,074 reported cases, fueled by the outbreaks in Ohio and Illinois.

Like Ohio, Illinois reported dramatically lower cases in the same time period last year, 77, and is seeing a 297% increase so far this year.

The only state adjacent to Ohio that is seeing a huge spike in cases so far this year is Pennsylvania with 248 through the week ending Nov. 4, according to the CDC.

In that week alone, Ohio recorded 14 cases and Pennsylvania reported 13.

Pennsylvania reported 81 cases year-to-date in 2022 and is seeing a 206% increase this year.

By comparison, Indiana recorded 89 cases so far this year and 68 through Nov. 4 in 2022; Kentucky is up with 78 from 35 last year and West Virginia saw 19, up from 11 in 2022.

Michigan is actually down with 52 reported cases so far this year after reporting 67 through Nov. 4 in 2022.​

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