(The Hill) – At least 254 people are in quarantine in South Carolina after the state confirmed more than two dozen new cases of measles over the weekend, according to local health officials.

As of Tuesday, the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) reported 27 new cases of the highly contagious disease since Friday, bringing the total number related to an outbreak in the Upstate region to 111. The vast majority of reported cases of the virus was in unvaccinated children.

DPH confirmed that, of the 111 cases, 105 are unvaccinated and one is vaccinated. Another three are partially vaccinated — having received one of the recommended two-dose MMR sequence — while the vaccination status of two individuals is unknown.

The cases are also confirmed mostly in children: 75 of the cases

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