EDMONTON — Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says the province has recorded its first measles death this year.
She says a child born prematurely died, after the mother contracted measles during pregnancy.
She calls the news heartbreaking.
Ontario reported in June that a premature baby infected with measles had died.
In July, Alberta recorded the most measles cases in North America on a per-capita basis.
The province’s website says there have been 1,910 cases since January, with 152 hospitalizations.
More coming.
The Canadian Press
