Overview
- Health officials confirmed 27 new infections between Friday and Tuesday in northwest Spartanburg County, noting an acceleration after Thanksgiving travel and gatherings.
- More than 250 people are under quarantine, including students from nine area schools, with some quarantined for a second time since October.
- State epidemiologist Linda Bell reported that most patients were unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated, including 105 with no doses and three with partial vaccination.
- Mobile clinics offering the MMR vaccine in the affected region saw low turnout, and authorities warn transmission will likely continue for weeks without higher immunization.
- Nationwide, the CDC counts 1,912 confirmed cases across 43 states and 47 outbreaks this year, with the Arizona–Utah cluster including 172 cases in Mohave County and 82 in southwest Utah.