CIDRAP The Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) today reported 19 more cases since its last update on May 2, lifting the state’s total to 702 cases.
As the country’s biggest measles hot spot, the state has reported outbreak-linked cases from 29 counties, mainly in west Texas. So far 91 people have been hospitalized, reflecting an increase of 2 since the last report. Of the 702 cases, 672 involved unvaccinated people or whose immunization status was unknown.
Texas, like several other states, also continues to report a spate of other measles illnesses not linked to the main outbreak. The state has recorded 16 such cases.
Other states have reported measles cases linked to the Texas outbreak, and today Oklahoma reported one more infection, raising its total to 17, which includes three probable cases.