A vehicle drives past a sign outside of Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Seminole, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (Julio Cortez, Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
SAN ANTONIO – Updated at 9:34 p.m. Friday, March 28, 2025.
Although no measles cases have been confirmed in San Antonio and Bexar County, the number of reported infections across Texas is rising.
Health experts are warning of a potential exposure risk for hundreds of thousands of residents as the virus spreads rapidly across the state.
As of Friday, March 28, 400 cases have been identified in Texas since late January, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Of those, 36 patients were hospitalized.
According to the Associated Press, an unvaccinated child died from measles on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at a Lubbock hospital. This marks the first measles-related death in the U.S. since 2015.
The department releases new stats every Tuesday and Friday.
Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City.