Outbreak cases continue to add up

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– SCDPH says measles cases in the state are continuing to add up since Friday.

South Carolina Department of Public Health measles update

Officials say there are 6 new cases of measles, which brings the total number of cases in South Carolina related to the Upstate outbreak to 979.

There are currently 91 people in quarantine and one in isolation.

Based on the new cases, DPH has identified public exposures at Willow Creek Gathers Homeschool Co-op.

Additionally, individuals remain in quarantine from Libertas Academy (17 individuals in quarantine) and Mabry Middle School (fewer than 5 individuals in quarantine).

The Department of Public Health says they learned about 21 adults, and children that have been hospitalized for complications of the disease since the beginning of the outbreak.

Additional cases required medical care for measles but were not hospitalized, according to SCDPH.

DPH will provide MMR vaccines to the public at no cost on Tuesday, March 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Grace Community Church at 570 Magnolia Street in Spartanburg

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