Measles Cases Jump in Utah as South Carolina Outbreak Winds Down

The case count in eastern Utah doubled in recent days.

A nurse administers a measles vaccine in Provo, Utah, on April 29, 2019. George Frey/Getty Images

The number of cases of measles has risen in Utah, the state with the most active growing outbreak of the infectious disease, as an outbreak in South Carolina appears to be nearing completion.

The number of measles cases in eastern Utah jumped from 23 to 56 in one week, the TriCounty Health Department said in a statement on April 1.