Local health officials gathered in Lubbock on Thursday evening to advocate for MMR vaccine amid Texas measles outbreak. Here's what to know

Texas health officials reported Tuesday there have been 624 confirmed cases of measles in the state this year, providing the update a few days after the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 800 confirmed cases of the illness in the U.

The measles outbreak centered in the South Plains region of Texas surpassed 600 cases on and spread to one new county on Tuesday, health officials said. The state has now seen 624 cases since the outbreak began in late January,