A West Texas person who was hospitalized with measles has died, marking the first death from the illness in an outbreak that began last month in the South Plains region. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center spokesperson Melissa Whitfield confirmed the death Wednesday,

A child in Texas has died from measles, the AP reported, the first death from measles in the United States since 2015.

A measles outbreak in western Texas that began last month keeps growing, from 58 cases last week to 124 cases as of Tuesday.