SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —

The South Carolina Department of Public Health says there have been three new confirmed cases of measles in Spartanburg County since Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the state this year to 19 and the total number of cases in the current outbreak to 15.

Health officials say all three cases were among close contacts to known cases who have been quarantining at home, and none were present in any school setting while contagious. Officials say since they were quarantining before they became infectious, no additional exposures have occurred with these new cases.

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