A fourth case of meningitis is confirmed in connection with an outbreak in Reading, according to multiple reports. The new case involves a junior school pupil, bringing the total number of confirmed infections linked to the incident to four. The reports state that the additional pupil case is part of the ongoing investigation into the outbreak’s spread within the school community. Authorities are monitoring developments and treating the situation as an outbreak, with further details not provided in the available summaries. All accounts agree on the key point that the number of confirmed meningitis cases connected to the Reading outbreak has reached four and that the most recently reported patient is a child attending a junior school. The reports do not specify the type of meningitis or the patients’ ages beyond describing the affected person as a junior school pupil. The confirmation of the fourth case indicates that transmission has continued beyond the earlier confirmed infections, prompting continued public health attention.