Nearly a month after the first reported case of measles in the South Plains, health officials have confirmed the first death due to the outbreak.

For the first time in the United States since 2015, a death attributed to measles has been reported.Officials have confirmed a child infected with measles died at a Lubbock hospital. According to a City of Lubbock news release,

Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, has confirmed the first death in the state from measles occurred at its facilities. Here is what we know.