Texas health officials reported 17 new measles cases on Tuesday, bringing the total confirmed cases since late January to 663. The state’s public health department estimates that fewer than 10 of the confirmed cases — about 1% — are “actively infectious.

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported Tuesday its measles cases, which date back to late January, had grown to 663 cases as of Tuesday, marking a jump of 17 cases since the state’s last update as 87 of the patients have been hospitalized while two school-aged children have been confirmed dead from the illness.

The Texas Department of State Health Services today reported 17 more measles cases from the West Texas outbreak, bringing the state's total to 663. In other developments, Arkansas reported its fourth case, which hints at local spread, and Mexico's government issued a travel advisory for the United States and Canada owing to measles outbreaks.