General Discussion

Today the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) said the state’s outbreak total is now 876, after adding 29 more cases since January 30 in an outbreak report.

“DPH has also confirmed a case of measles in a Sumter County resident. At this point in the investigation, it is not yet clear whether this new case is linked to the Upstate outbreak centered around Spartanburg County or if the case may have been exposed where measles is occurring in other locations,” DPH said in its report.

Most of the new cases are close case contacts, but multiple sites of possible public exposure are listed on the DPH website, including restaurants and grocery stores in Sumter County.

There are currently 354 people in quarantine and 22 in isolation in South Carolina. Among confirmed cases, 800 case-patients are unvaccinated against measles. Only 22 are fully vaccinated, and 16 are partially vaccinated against the virus. Vaccination status is unknown for 38 patients. Almost two-thirds of cases (555) have occurred in patients ages 5 to 17, 233 cases are in children under the age of 5 years, 71 cases are in those 18 or older, and 17 have unknown age.

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https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-hits-876-29-new-cases