SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting  three new cases of measles  in the state since Friday, bringing the total number of cases in South Carolina related to the Upstate outbreak to 55 and the total number reported to DPH this year to 58.

Two of the cases are household members of known cases. The source of the third case is still being investigated.

As of Tuesday, there are 136 people in quarantine and two in isolation. Fifty-seven of those are individuals from Lyman Elementary, 52 are from Boiling Springs Middle School and one attends D.R. Hill Middle School. All school faculty, staff, students and parents have been notified. Students from those schools who quarantine successfully without becoming ill are scheduled to be able to

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