The number of measles cases in Texas has grown to 90 with two more West Texas counties reporting infections, according to the state health department update on Friday.
The West Texas measles outbreak — the largest in the state in 30 years — has spread from two cases in late January and now includes seven counties, most of them in the rural South Plains region: Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry and Yoakum. The virus has also spread into eastern New Mexico. Five of the 90 infected in Texas so far were vaccinated and the remainder were unvaccinated or their vaccination status was unknown.
