A developing outbreak of measles in a notoriously poorly vaccinated Northern Arizona town is getting worse.

Two weeks ago, Mohave County reported a single positive measles case in the town of Colorado City, which sits on the Arizona-Utah border. A week later, there were nine cases . Now, according to information kept by the Arizona Department of Health Services, the caseload has jumped to 12.

That brings the total number of confirmed measles cases in Arizona to 16, a total that includes four cases in Navajo County reported in June. Navajo County managed to avoid an outbreak, but Mohave County does not appear to have been so fortunate.

On Wednesday, the health department's Facebook page shared an informational graphic about measles, but a spokesperson for the Mohave County Health D

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