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Measles

Last updated on Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 09:30am

Measles is a viral infectious disease. This page provides information about measles cases in England.

Cases are confirmed through either local or reference laboratory testing.

Numbers shown here are provisional and subject to change as:

  • more suspected cases undergo confirmatory testing
  • some locally tested cases are discarded after obtaining further epidemiological information or undergoing confirmatory testing at the reference laboratory

We update measles data every four weeks. The next update will be on Thursday 12 March 2026 at 9.30am.

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Cases

Since January 2026
Up to and including week beginning 2 Feb 2026
96

Cases

In the past 4 weeks
Up to and including week beginning 2 Feb 2026
79

Since 1 January 2026, there have been 96 laboratory confirmed measles cases reported in England.

64% (61 of 96) of these cases have been in London and 26% (25 of 96) in the West Midlands.

In 2025, there were 959 laboratory confirmed measles cases in England. In 2024, this was 2,911, the highest number of cases recorded annually, since 2012. Data for 2023 to 2025 and historical data are available.

Percent cases in England by age group (in years), since January 2026

Cases under 1 year of age are assigned to the 00-01 age group.

Up to and including week beginning 2 Feb 2026

ChartThere are 7 plots on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'age'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is plot number 1 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '00-01' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `00 - 01` along the X-axis. And `12.5000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 2 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '01-04' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `01 - 04` along the X-axis. And `30.2000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 3 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '05-10' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `05 - 10` along the X-axis. And `34.4000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 4 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '11-14' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `11 - 14` along the X-axis. And `6.2000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 5 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '15-24' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `15 - 24` along the X-axis. And `3.1000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 6 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '25-34' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `25 - 34` along the X-axis. And `6.2000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 7 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesAgePercent' for the England area, along with the age banding of '35+' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `35+` along the X-axis. And `7.3000` along the Y-axis. There is no reporting delay period being tracked for the data on this chart. - Refer to tabular data.
Tabular data

Percent cases in England by age group (in years), since January 2026 data for cases under 1 year of age are assigned to the 00-01 age group.

Up to and including 2 February 2026

Age group (years)Percent of cases
00 - 0112.50
01 - 0430.20
05 - 1034.40
11 - 146.20
15 - 243.10
25 - 346.20
35+7.30
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Percent cases in England by UKHSA Region, since January 2026

Up to and including week beginning 2 Feb 2026

ChartThere are 9 plots on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'geography'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is plot number 1 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the East Midlands area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `East Midlands` along the X-axis. And `4.2000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 2 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the East of England area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `East of England` along the X-axis. And `3.1000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 3 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the London area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `London` along the X-axis. And `63.5000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 4 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the North East area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `North East` along the X-axis. And `0.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 5 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the North West area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `North West` along the X-axis. And `2.1000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 6 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the South East area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `South East` along the X-axis. And `0.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 7 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the South West area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `South West` along the X-axis. And `0.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 8 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the West Midlands area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `West Midlands` along the X-axis. And `26.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 9 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesRegionPercent' for the Yorkshire and Humber area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Yorkshire and Humber` along the X-axis. And `1.0000` along the Y-axis. There is no reporting delay period being tracked for the data on this chart. - Refer to tabular data.
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Percent cases in England by UKHSA Region, since January 2026 data for

Up to and including 2 February 2026

UKHSA regionPercent of cases
East Midlands4.20
East of England3.10
London63.50
North East0.00
North West2.10
South East0.00
South West0.00
West Midlands26.00
Yorkshire and Humber1.00
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Number of cases in England by upper tier local authority, since January 2026

The upper tier local authorities with the highest number of cumulative measles cases in the reporting period are included in this chart.

Up to and including week beginning 2 Feb 2026

ChartThere are 2 plots on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'geography'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is plot number 1 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Enfield area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Enfield` along the X-axis. And `34.0000` along the Y-axis. This is plot number 2 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_headline_cumulativeCasesIncident' for the Birmingham area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows `Birmingham` along the X-axis. And `21.0000` along the Y-axis. There is no reporting delay period being tracked for the data on this chart. - Refer to tabular data.
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Number of cases in England by upper tier local authority, since January 2026 data for the upper tier local authorities with the highest number of cumulative measles cases in the reporting period are included in this chart.

Up to and including 2 February 2026

Upper Tier Local AuthorityNumber of cases
Enfield34.00
Birmingham21.00
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Trends

Cases by week of symptom onset

Laboratory confirmed cases of measles by week of onset of rash or symptoms reported, London and England from 1 January 2024. The data reporting lag has greatest impact on the most recent 4 weeks. Reported figures for this period are likely to underestimate activity. These data points are within the "reporting delay" period on the chart. This chart is different to the measles "cases reported" chart on the landing page. Data affected by the reporting delay is not included in the chart on the landing page.

Up to and including week beginning 2 Feb 2026

ChartThere are 2 plots on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'date'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is plot number 1 on this chart. This is a dark blue solid line plot. The plot has a label of 'England'. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_cases_casesByOnsetWeek' for the England area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows data from 01 January 2024 to 02 February 2026. It rose from 74.0 on 01 January 2024 to 87.0 on 06 May 2024. It fell from 104.0 on 13 May 2024 to 23.0 on 16 September 2024. It rose from 14.0 on 23 September 2024 to 24.0 on 20 January 2025. It rose from 14.0 on 27 January 2025 to 34.0 on 26 May 2025. It fell from 32.0 on 02 June 2025 to 8.0 on 29 September 2025. And finally. It fell from 15.0 on 06 October 2025 to 1.0 on 02 February 2026. This is plot number 2 on this chart. This is a turquoise solid line plot. The plot has a label of 'London'. This plot shows data for Measles. Specifically the metric 'measles_cases_casesByOnsetWeek' for the London area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows data from 01 January 2024 to 02 February 2026. It rose from 7.0 on 01 January 2024 to 44.0 on 06 May 2024. It fell from 58.0 on 13 May 2024 to 11.0 on 16 September 2024. It fell from 6.0 on 23 September 2024 to 4.0 on 20 January 2025. It rose from 2.0 on 27 January 2025 to 18.0 on 26 May 2025. It fell from 21.0 on 02 June 2025 to 4.0 on 29 September 2025. And finally. It fell from 2.0 on 06 October 2025 to 1.0 on 02 February 2026. Data from 12 January 2026 onwards falls under the reporting delay period. This means those figures are still subject to retrospective updates and should therefore not be considered to be final. - Refer to tabular data.
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Cases by week of symptom onset data for laboratory confirmed cases of measles by week of onset of rash or symptoms reported, London and England from 1 January 2024.

The data reporting lag has greatest impact on the most recent 4 weeks. Reported figures for this period are likely to underestimate activity. These data points are within the "reporting delay" period on the chart.

This chart is different to the measles "cases reported" chart on the landing page. Data affected by the reporting delay is not included in the chart on the landing page.

Up to and including 2 February 2026

Reporting delay period

Symptom onset dateEnglandLondon
2 Feb 20261.001.00
26 Jan 202622.0016.00
19 Jan 202628.0018.00
12 Jan 202628.0021.00
5 Jan 20268.003.00
29 Dec 202512.005.00
22 Dec 202512.005.00
15 Dec 202511.006.00
8 Dec 202513.008.00
1 Dec 202520.0012.00
24 Nov 202514.0012.00
17 Nov 202519.007.00
10 Nov 202517.007.00
3 Nov 202512.006.00
27 Oct 20258.005.00
20 Oct 202512.007.00
13 Oct 20257.001.00
6 Oct 202515.002.00
29 Sep 20258.004.00
22 Sep 20256.003.00
15 Sep 20259.006.00
8 Sep 20257.004.00
1 Sep 20256.005.00
25 Aug 20257.005.00
18 Aug 20254.003.00
11 Aug 202515.008.00
4 Aug 202517.0014.00
28 Jul 202518.0015.00
21 Jul 202515.0011.00
14 Jul 202539.0030.00
7 Jul 202529.0020.00
30 Jun 202534.0022.00
23 Jun 202531.0017.00
16 Jun 202524.0019.00
9 Jun 202530.0016.00
2 Jun 202532.0021.00
26 May 202534.0018.00
19 May 202532.0019.00
12 May 202525.0011.00
5 May 202526.0012.00
28 Apr 202526.0014.00
21 Apr 202519.0013.00
14 Apr 202532.0018.00
7 Apr 202526.0012.00
31 Mar 202524.0010.00
24 Mar 202514.006.00
17 Mar 202516.0010.00
10 Mar 202512.007.00
3 Mar 202517.006.00
24 Feb 202518.004.00
17 Feb 202516.005.00
10 Feb 202517.003.00
3 Feb 202517.005.00
27 Jan 202514.002.00
20 Jan 202524.004.00
13 Jan 202522.005.00
6 Jan 202519.002.00
30 Dec 202422.004.00
23 Dec 202416.004.00
16 Dec 202422.002.00
9 Dec 202426.004.00
2 Dec 202433.003.00
25 Nov 202429.005.00
18 Nov 202429.004.00
11 Nov 202428.001.00
4 Nov 202434.005.00
28 Oct 202418.006.00
21 Oct 202427.005.00
14 Oct 202412.005.00
7 Oct 202414.006.00
30 Sep 202417.007.00
23 Sep 202414.006.00
16 Sep 202423.0011.00
9 Sep 202423.0015.00
2 Sep 202428.0016.00
26 Aug 202423.0017.00
19 Aug 202432.0021.00
12 Aug 202440.0029.00
5 Aug 202452.0038.00
29 Jul 202467.0048.00
22 Jul 202460.0040.00
15 Jul 202484.0065.00
8 Jul 202487.0065.00
1 Jul 202477.0047.00
24 Jun 202473.0053.00
17 Jun 202480.0049.00
10 Jun 202458.0032.00
3 Jun 202477.0038.00
27 May 202471.0042.00
20 May 202497.0057.00
13 May 2024104.0058.00
6 May 202487.0044.00
29 Apr 202481.0034.00
22 Apr 202482.0040.00
15 Apr 202484.0042.00
8 Apr 2024106.0058.00
1 Apr 202490.0039.00
25 Mar 202472.0029.00
18 Mar 202477.0036.00
11 Mar 202488.0033.00
4 Mar 202458.0027.00
26 Feb 202478.0028.00
19 Feb 202458.0014.00
12 Feb 202471.0012.00
5 Feb 202470.0016.00
29 Jan 202470.008.00
22 Jan 202465.009.00
15 Jan 202453.0012.00
8 Jan 202465.0012.00
1 Jan 202474.007.00
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