Texas health officials a reporting two new measles cases in its latest update. The new cases come after the state reported no new cases on Friday. The Texas Department of State Health Services has reduced its updates to a weekly update on Tuesdays.

State health officials linked two new measles cases to the West Texas outbreak on Tuesday. The cases were in El Paso and Midland counties. The overall number of outbreak-linked measles cases in Texas since January stood at 744.

Texas health officials are reporting no new measles cases for the first time since the outbreak started in January.

The Texas health department reported no new cases of measles on Friday, the first time the state has not recorded an increase since the outbreak began in February.

Dallas County has reported its first case of measles, health officials said on Thursday.

Dallas County has confirmed the first measles case in the ongoing outbreak in Texas. Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Dr. Phil Huang says the woman is in her mid-20s and was fully vaccinated.

According to Dallas County health officials, a woman in her mid-20s who was fully vaccinated contracted the highly contagious disease and interacted with the public while contagious at least twice.

Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)(Annie Rice / AP) A Dallas County resident has tested positive for measles,