The latest victim was an unvaccinated 39-year-old Franklin County woman with underlying conditions, and the state counted 219 hospitalizations as of Friday, Oct. 9.
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The six deaths occurred in under two months.
The story supplies this timeframe itself. None of the source headlines state it, so it is inferred from the dates of the deaths.
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Dr. Paul Offit said the true case count is 'probably closer to 6,000' and that officials are 'vastly underestimating' it.
A named quote from Dr. Paul Offit to NBC News. It is an expert estimate, not a measured count. The desk is claiming only that Offit made it.
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Before this outbreak, the last U.S. outbreak to top 1,000 cases was in 1991.
The story attributes this to The Washington Post. Only that one source supports the historical benchmark, and the CDC links cover national case totals, not individual outbreak sizes.