(Reuters) -The Texas health department reported 422 cases of measles in the state on Tuesday, an increase from 400 in its previous count on March 28, as the United States battles one of the largest outbreaks of the disease in the past decade.
Cases in Gaines County, the center of the current measles outbreak in the U.S. that started in late January, rose to 280 from 270 on Friday, the Texas Department of State Health Services said.
Separately, New Mexico reported four additional measles cases from its report on March 28, taking the total number to 48 in the state, its health department said.
Most of New Mexico’s cases were reported in Lea County, which is adjacent to Gaines County in Texas.
(Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)
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