With growing cases of measles in Texas and Lubbock reporting the states first death, local health officials hosted a news conference offering updates.

Officials have confirmed a person infected with measles died at a Lubbock hospital, the first since the outbreak began in late January.

A child who tested positive for measles died in West Texas, the state health department said, marking the first death in an outbreak that has sickened nearly 140 people. The Texas Department of State Health Services said a school-age child died after being hospitalized in Lubbock.