SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is reporting additional measles cases in the Upstate and another public exposure notification.

DPH is reporting seven new cases of measles in the state since Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in South Carolina related to the Upstate outbreak to 62 and the total number reported to DPH this year to 65.

According to officials, six of the new cases are household members of known cases who were in quarantine. One case was an individual exposed in a school setting who was in quarantine.

DPH said there are 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 fa

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