The first death has been recorded in the Texas measles outbreak. Till date, 124 people have been infected by the disease, with the maximum in Gaines County. Most of the cases have been identified in children.

The first person known to have died from measles in the U.S. in a decade was announced by health officials on Wednesday and described as a "school-aged child" who perished in a children's hospital in West Texas,

A measles outbreak in rural West Texas has claimed the life of an unvaccinated child, marking the first U.S. measles-related death since 2015.