GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The total cases of measles in the Upstate has surpassed 50, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH).

Officials said two of the new cases are household members of known cases, while the third was a result of unknown community transmission.

The DPH stated there are now 137 people in quarantine and one in isolation:

57 are individuals from Lyman Elementary

55 are from Boiling Springs Middle School

One attends D.R. Hill Middle School

Students from those schools who quarantine successfully without developing symptoms are scheduled to be able to return to classes Nov. 29.

Officials are also alerting the public to a confirmed case of measles in an employee at the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport that may have resulted

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