Texas state health officials said Friday there were 36 new cases of measles since Tuesday, bringing Texas' total to 259. Five more people were hospitalized, for a total of 34. The outbreak has spread to two new counties: Cochran in West Texas with six and Lamar in the northeast part of the state with four.

A measles outbreak that began in northwest Texas grew to 223 cases on Tuesday, with another 30 cases reported in New Mexico, according to health officials. The latest update from the Texas Department of State Health Services includes 25 new cases since the agency’s last update on Friday.

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Texas and New Mexico on Tuesday reported an increase of 28 cases of measles in the last five days, bringing the total known infections to 256 in the two states since an outbreak began in late January.

Nearly 230 measles cases have been identified in outbreaks in West Texas and a nearby New Mexico county. One hundred ninety-eight measles cases have been reported in the West Texas outbreak, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in an update Friday — 39 more confirmed cases since an update on Tuesday.

A New Mexico county bordering Texas now has 30 confirmed cases of measles after a deceased man tested positive.

Texas and New Mexico on Friday reported an additional 59 cases of measles for a total of 228 known infections in those states, where an outbreak that began in West Texas in late January has spread, causing the first U.

Health officials say West Texas now has almost 200 measles cases and New Mexico's case number has tripled to 30. The case counts were updated on Friday.