LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A person who was hospitalized has died from measles in West Texas, the first death in an outbreak that began late last month. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center spokesperson Melissa Whitfield confirmed the death Wednesday. It wasn’t clear the age of the patient, who died overnight.

A West Texas person who was hospitalized with measles has died, marking the first death from the illness in an outbreak that began last month in the South Plains region. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center spokesperson Melissa Whitfield confirmed the death Wednesday,

The first death from a measles outbreak that began in late January in West Texas was confirmed Wednesday, Feb. 26. Officials did not release the person’s age. Melissa Whitfield, the spokesperson for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, told the Associated Press that Wednesday's death is the first from the outbreak.