An outbreak of measles in northwest Texas grew to 146 cases on Friday, two days after health officials reported that a child had died after being hospitalized in Lubbock. Twenty people have been hospitalized for treatment amid the outbreak,

The latest update comes two days after the first death was reported in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area.

Texas is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in 30 years, primarily affecting the South Plains region. A child has died and several people have been hospitalized by the extremely contagious disease that was once considered eradicated,