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

The latest cases announced Friday bring the total in the Upstate outbreak to 84 and overall cases to 87 in the state for the year.

There are currently 281 individuals in quarantine and two in isolation.

Based on the new cases, DPH has identified public exposures at four new schools and began notifying potentially exposed students, faculty and staff on Dec. 1. Those schools are:

Fairforest Elementary (44 students in quarantine)

Rainbow Lake Middle (61 students in quarantine)

Fairforest Middle (fewer than 5 students in quarantine)

Dorman High – Freshman Campus (15 students in quarantine).

Students from those schools who quarantine successfully without becoming

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