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An replace from The Texas Division of State Well being Providers stories the state’s measles outbreak has grown to 146 circumstances, as of Feb 27, 2025.
The division stories that twenty sufferers have been hospitalized. On Wednesday, a school-aged little one who lived within the outbreak space died.
In line with data launched by the division, 116 of the 141 circumstances with identified age knowledge have occurred in kids below age 18. Seventy-nine of the circumstances have occurred in unvaccinated kids, 5 circumstances in vaccinated kids (with no less than one dose), with vaccine standing unknown within the remaining 62 circumstances.
The division warned that: “As a result of extremely contagious nature of this illness, extra circumstances are prone to happen within the outbreak space and the encompassing communities. DSHS is working with native well being departments to analyze the outbreak.”
