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NPR News: 05-07-2025 3AM EDT
The state health department has added 19 to the case count since Friday, bringing the total number of recorded measles cases in this outbreak to 702. Gaines County reported seven new infections. That's where the outbreak began with a handful of cases in late January. More than half of the reported infections have happened there.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 05-07-2025 3AM EDT
Since then, measles infections linked to the outbreak have spread to two other states. In Texas, there are 29 outbreak counties, 10 with current infections. 91 people have been hospitalized. Two children have died. Almost all of the cases are in people who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown. For NPR News, I'm Bonnie Petrie.