CONWAY, S.C. - South Carolina health officials are reporting seven new measles cases since Tuesday in an ongoing outbreak.

The latest cases bring the total in the Upstate outbreak to 62.

Six of the new cases are household members of known cases who were in quarantine. The seventh case was an individual exposed in a school setting who was in quarantine.

There are now 144 people in quarantine and six in isolation.

Fifty-six of those are individuals from Lyman Elementary, 52 are from Boiling Springs Middle School and one attends D.R. Hill Middle School. All school faculty, staff, students and parents have been notified. Students from those schools who quarantine successfully without becoming ill are scheduled to be able to return to classes tomorrow, Nov. 29.

Additionally, officials say

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