A new public exposure at the Walmart in Powdersville and 12 new cases continue to expand the Upstate measles outbreak, the state Department of Health announced Feb. 17.
The new cases bring the outbreak total to 962 with 127 people in quarantine and eight in isolation.
The new public exposure occurred at the Walmart 11410 Anderson Road in Powdersville on Feb. 8 from 4-8 p.m.
Libertas Academy in Spartanburg was also confirmed to have again experienced an exposure with DPH reporting 17 individuals in quarantine from that exposure. Less than five people remain in quarantine at Inman Intermediate School.
According to DPH, the risk of exposure in the locations is limited to the specific dates and times specified. Exposures occurred only when an infectious person was present during the defined time and therefore these locations are not a source of ongoing exposure.
