Texas’ ongoing measles outbreak has finally reached Bexar County, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed Tuesday.
In its latest bi-weekly update on the disease’s spread, DSHS officials tallied the first case in Bexar County. The health agency began positing regular updates on the outbreak in late January as it grew into the state’s worst in 30 years.
The local case was reported June 15, according to TV station KSAT. However, San Antonio Metro Health officials said their epidemiology team found no public exposure and assured the TV station there’s no public health risk associated with the case.
In its Tuesday statement, DSHS said the San Antonio-area case is connected to the West Texas outbreak, which experts believe began in an unvaccinated Mennonite community there.
According to DSHS’ latest report, the outbreak has grown to 753 cases since it began in late January. Of those infected, 99 have been hospitalized throughout the outbreak, and two school-aged children have died.
Even so, the outbreak appears to be slowing, with only three new cases reported since June 24. What’s more, fewer than 1% of the total case count is estimated to be actively infectious, DSHS officials said.
DSHS said its staff is working with local health departments to investigate the outbreak.
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