AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Experts have confirmed as many as 30 measles cases in Spartanburg County in South Carolina’s upstate, just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Augusta.

Experts link the outbreak to two elementary schools with low vaccination rates.

The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control shows Georgia has an 86.8% rate for MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) vaccines. South Carolina’s rate is a little better at 91.2%.

Dr. Ioana Chirca, a Wellstar infectious disease specialist, would like to see these rates increase.

“We would need to be above 95% to achieve herd immunity for measles,” Chirca said.

12 On Your Side requested data to see if our local school districts might be any closer to that herd immunity goal.

Local Georgia School District MMR Vaccine Rates

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