Overview
- State health officials reported 15 new infections since Tuesday, raising the Upstate total to 126, with at least 300 people quarantined and 13 in isolation.
- Of those infected, 119 are unvaccinated, three are partially vaccinated, and one is fully vaccinated, according to the Department of Health.
- Investigators have linked exposures to the Way of Truth Church in Inman and multiple schools, with students from nine schools placed under quarantine; a health care setting was also cited.
- The CDC counts 1,912 measles cases nationwide this year, including about 218 hospitalizations and three deaths, marking the highest U.S. total since 1992.
- Officials warn the outbreak could persist for weeks without higher MMR uptake, noting local school immunization rates near 90% fall short of the >95% threshold needed to curb spread.