Eight more people in South Carolina have come down with measles as an outbreak in the Upstate expands to 30 and the state total for the year reaches 33, the Department of Public Health said .

All eight new cases were a result of close contact with previously identified people infected with the highly contagious virus. The newly ill were in quarantine at home when diagnosed, the state said. As with previous cases, all were unvaccinated.

This is the largest number of new cases the state has announced in an update since the outbreak first was identified on Oct. 2. The state, meanwhile, said in a news release that quick identification of known contacts and early quarantining is helping to limit the spread of the virus.

Officials initially said the outbreak centered around two schools in S

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