Measles outbreaks across the US continue to add to record case count

There have been 1,563 measles cases reported in the US this year, according to CDC data. George Frey/Getty Images

A deadly measles outbreak in Texas ended in August , but outbreaks in other parts of the United States continue to add hundreds of new measles cases to this year’s record national total.

There have been an average of 27 new measles cases reported each week since the end of August, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The annual total – now up to 1,563 cases since January – is the highest by a significant margin since measles was declared eliminated in the US a quarter-century ago.

There’s a new outbreak in Ohio, a recent surge in cases in Minnesota and more than 150 unvaccinated schoolchildren in South Carolina are in quarantine