The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed 19 measles cases "isolated at one location" in Upshur County.
Upshur County Judge Todd Tefteller said in a statement Thursday that all cases are linked to two people who visited the location from out of state, and no known cases originated from an Upshur County resident.
Tefteller said a report this week of a measles patient visiting the emergency room at Christus Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview is one of the 19 cases.
He did not identify the location in Upshur County where the patients are isolated.
"All affected persons are isolated from the public and are in quarantine at this same location and are in daily contact with (Department of State Health Services) and are following all the appropriate guidelines," Tefteller said.
He added that none of the cases are critical, none have required hospitalization and all patients are older than 17.
"There are no reports of measles in any of our Upshur County public schools, public buildings, county operations or medical facilities, Tefteller said. "I have been assured by state officials that any risk of further spread is minimal and that they are monitoring the situation daily.
Texas health officials reported 36 new measles cases Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since late January to 597.
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Ten counties remain under 性视界传媒渙ngoing measles transmission性视界传媒 status: Cochran, Dallam, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Lynn, Lamar, Lubbock, Terry and Yoakum.
Lamar County has reported 11 measles cases. Gaines County, near the New Mexico border, where the measles outbreak began, has reported the majority of measles cases, with 371.
During the outbreak, 62 people in Texas have been hospitalized, and two school-aged children have died, according to the state性视界传媒檚 public health department. Both children were unvaccinated and had no underlying health conditions.
The West Texas outbreak spans two other states 性视界传媒 New Mexico and Oklahoma. As of Friday, New Mexico has reported 63 cases. Oklahoma has reported 12 cases as of April 15. Together, the three states involved in the outbreak have reported a total of 672 cases.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 800 confirmed measles cases across the country in its most recent update from April 18. The vast majority of total cases are connected to the outbreak that began in Gaines County.
More than 30 measles cases have been reported in Kansas, which public health officials believe may be linked to the Texas outbreak, The New York Times reported.
