The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has confirmed seven new cases of measles since the last update on Tuesday. This brings the West Texas outbreak to some 709 cases since the outbreak began in late January. Ninety-two patients have been hospitalized because of the virus.

The measles outbreak has grown to nearly 800 cases across three states, but none of the Dallas-Fort Worth area cases have been linked to the outbreak.

The Texas health department on Friday reported 709 cases of measles in the state, an increase of 7 cases since May 6, as the U.S. battles one of its worst outbreaks of the childhood disease. Cases in Gaines County,