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Measles outbreak update: Texas reports 20 new cases in South Plains and Panhandle regions

The ultrastructural appearance of a virus particle, or virion, of the measles virus
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The ultrastructural appearance of a virus particle, or virion, of the measles virus

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State health officials on Tuesday in the South Plains and Panhandle regions.

That raised the number of confirmed cases since January to 279, with 36 patients hospitalized, though the state does not report how many of those have already been released.

At least two people have died — an unvaccinated person in New Mexico and an unvaccinated child in Lubbock. The death in . The county borders Gaines County, where the outbreak is centered.

Two of the confirmed measles cases are in vaccinated people, and the rest are unvaccinated, or their status was unknown.

Measles complications can include pneumonia, hearing loss, meningitis, and death.

The state's updates come every Tuesday and Friday.

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Gabriella Alcorta-Solorio