Measles cases in southern Utah spread to other areas

(The Center Square) – Utah could be on pace for a measles outbreak unlike any since the 1970s.

State health officials have identified 115 people with measles. That’s an increase of 25 people in the last three weeks.

“The thing that’s most concerning to us is while this outbreak originally was located mostly in southern Utah, we’re now seeing it expand into other areas,” Dr. Leisha D. Nolen, a Utah state epidemiologist, told The Center Square.

Of the cases reported thus far, 82 are in Southwest Utah. Ten are in Utah County, followed by nine in Wasatch County. Bear River has four cases. Salt Lake County and Southeast Utah both have three cases, while Central Utah and Davis County have two cases each.

“We’ve talked to people who we have been able to contact, and we do find that most of them have had contact with someone or have been down in Southern Utah,” said Nolen. “So it does seem to be a person-to-person spread and just in-state travel.”

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