Wyoming is reporting its first measles case in 15 years as the infectious disease continues to spread across the United States.

An out-of-state resident with a confirmed measles infection visited public places while infectious, according to the department.

Wyoming’s first case of child measles since 2010 has been identified in Natrona County, the Wyoming Department of Health reported Tuesday. About 30

A case of the measles, one of the most contagious infections, has been confirmed in Natrona County. It is the first in the state in 15 years.

The Wyoming Department of Health reported Tuesday that it has confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated child from Natrona County.

Wyoming’s first reported measles case since 2010 may have exposed some people at the state’s largest hospital to the highly contagious virus, the Wyoming Department of Health said Tuesday.

The U.S. is up to 1,267 confirmed measles cases this year and Kentucky has a new outbreak. The national case count is seven cases shy of 2019's record case count.

In its weekly update today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 40 more measles cases today, boosting the number of infections this year to 1,267, which is just 8 shy of passing the total in 2019, which was the highest since the disease was eliminated in the country in 2000.

Wyoming’s first reported measles case since 2010 may have exposed some people at the state’s largest hospital to the highly contagious virus, the Wyoming Department of Health said Tuesday.

The U.S. is about to break a record for the number of reported measles cases in a year since the infection was considered eliminated in 2000.