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Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, forming the Mason–Dixon line, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest via Lake Erie, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous U.S.
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Neighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the country
The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Oct. 5 that the state has reached 1,004 confirmed measles cases this year. There have been 27 new positive cases since the department’s last update on Oct. 2.
Measles cases continue to climb in Pennsylvania, surpassing a grim milestone as the state continues to be at the center of the 2026 outbreak.