Measles cases quickly rising in Minnesota. Here's where outbreaks are spreading in the U.S.

Measles outbreaks continue to simmer and spread across the country, with cases now popping up quickly in Minnesota

Measles outbreaks continue to simmer and spread across the country, with cases now popping up quickly in Minnesota.

On Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Health alerted residents that it had confirmed 10 new cases since Monday, bringing the state’s tally so far this year to 18.

“We have been worried about this all year,” said Dr. Chase Shutak, a pediatrician and medical director at Children’s Minnesota in Minneapolis. “When the outbreaks began in Texas, all of us anticipated that it would eventually work its way up into our state.”

Shutak was referring to a massive measles outbreak in West Texas, which totaled 762 cases. Ninety-nine patients needed to be hospitalized as a result of the outbreak, and two young girls died.

In Minnesota, as of Thursday afternoon one child had been hospitalized at Children’s Minnesota, a spokesperson said.