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Kansas health officials reported seven new measles cases in the past week, bringing the total to 71 statewide. Most of the cases, 69, are linked to an ongoing outbreak in southwest Kansas. Three people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have occurred. The outbreak now includes Pawnee County, making it the ninth affected county.

Gray County has the most cases at 25, followed by Haskell with 11. Pawnee and Stevens counties each have seven, and Kiowa has six. Finney, Ford, Grant, and Morton counties each have between one and five cases, though exact numbers weren’t shared to protect privacy.

Meanwhile, Reno and Sedgwick counties (home to Hutchinson and Wichita) have each reported one separate case, believed to be related to international travel—not the main outbreak.

Nationwide, the CDC reports 1,088 measles cases across 33 states as of May 29, including 133 hospitalizations and three deaths—two children in Texas and one adult in New Mexico, all unvaccinated.