At least three of the New Mexico cases are in Lea County, which borders Gaines County in Texas. The state health department has said people may have been exposed at a grocery store, an elementary school, a church, Nor-Lea Hospital and a Walgreens in Hobbs, New Mexico.

The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has surged to 58 cases as of Tuesday, with eight additional cases reported in neighboring eastern New Mexico. Measles is an airborne, "extremely infectious, and potentially severe rash illness,

The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in West Texas has grown to 58, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.