A child died from the measles after being hospitalized in Lubbock, the first death amid an outbreak that began last month in the South Plains region, health officials said. The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the school-aged child's death on Wednesday but did not offer any additional details about the child's age or identity.

The measles outbreak in West Texas has risen to 124 cases across nine counties, the worst outbreak in the state in over 30 years. The majority of the cases center on the Mennonite communities, where many of the children are “undervaccinated,” state health department spokesperson Lara Anton said.

An unvaccinated child in west Texas died from measles this week, according to a Wednesday news release from the Texas Department of State Health Services. This is the first death from the west Texas measles outbreak that began late last month, and is the first death from measles in the United States since 2015.