Whooping cough cases in Elmbrook School District on rise

BROOKFIELD (WITI) -- The Waukesha County’s Public Health Department confirms the number of whooping cough cases in the Elmbrook School District has risen to 36. Of those, 30 have come from Pilgrim Park Middle School.

Officials with the Elmbrook School District say the school district was first notified of the whooping cough outbreak on either Wednesday or Thursday of last week. They do not have any idea of how widespread the outbreak might be.

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