(Reuters) -The Texas health department reported 646 cases of measles in the state on Friday, an increase of 22 cases from three days ago, as the United States battles one of its worst outbreaks of the childhood disease.
Cases in Gaines County, the center of the outbreak, rose to 393 from 386 reported on Tuesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.
New Mexico’s health department reported 66 cases on Friday, one more case from its last update. Most of the state’s cases are from Lea County, adjacent to Gaines County in Texas.
As of April 24, 2025, a total of 884 confirmed measles cases were reported by 30 jurisdictions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with 11 outbreaks reported this year.
(Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
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