On -the -measles outbreak on 321 cases

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States reported three hundred and twenty -one cases in the measles outbreak in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, reported on Tuesday. It is with 25 more confirmed cases from a Friday update, when 296 cases were reported.

Texas reported 279 cases associated with the outbreak, New Mexico reported 38 cases, and Oklahoma has previously reported four cases.

Thirty -eight patients were hospitalized, an increase of two compared to last week, when 36 hospitalizations were reported in Texas and New Mexico. Ninety -five cases are among people between 0 and 4 and 130 years old are among people between the ages of 5 and 17. Cases have been identified in 11 counties in Texas and two counties in New Mexico.

In Texas, most of the cases, 191, are in Gaines County, where the outbreak was identified for the first time. In New Mexico, most cases are in Lea county, which is adjacent to Gaines County.

Department of State Health of Oklahoma Last week he said he had four measles cases in people with “Exposure associated with Texas and New Mexico” – two more than identified at the beginning of the week.

While most cases are in patients who have been unvaccinated or with unknown vaccination status, six cases were found in people who said they were vaccinated with at least one dose – two in Texas and four in New Mexico.

Last month, Texas announced the first death of the outbreak of a school-age child who was not vaccinated and had no basic conditions. New Mexico health officials continue to investigate the cause of an unvaccinated person who has tested positive for measles. The inhabitant of Lea County did not seek medical care.

Texas and New Mexico should offer another update on measles cases on Friday.

According to an CNN, at least 353 cases in the US from March 18 have been reported. Less than a quarter a year, this already exceeds the total number of cases in the US for all year.

In 2024, 285 total measles were reported in the US, according to data from US centers for disease control and prevention. This is only the third year since measles was eliminated in the US in 2000, that a outbreak has led to several 200 cases. The others were 2014, when there was an outbreak related to Disneylandand 2019, when an outbreak of almost a year in New York came in a few weeks after the end of the elimination status in the US