Spartanburg County

South Carolina's Upstate measles outbreak was confirmed to reach 962 cases Tuesday afternoon.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health announced the state's latest measles count Friday.

Case totals now sit at 789 and are spread among 4 counties.

TigerDC announced Tuesday that it is the company behind Project Spero, a massive AI data processing center in Spartanburg County’s Tyger River Industrial Park.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 54 new cases of measles within the state since Tuesday, Jan. 20. Of the 700 confirmed cases, 524 were reported in January.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reports 646 measles cases now linked to the Upstate outbreak plus new exposures at area schools and grocery stores

Although the outbreak is still concentrated in Spartanburg County, cases are reported to have spread to schools in different parts of the state like Anderson and Greenville counties.

Most of North Carolina's seven measles cases since late December 2025 were linked to Spartanburg County, according to the state's health officials. Just one case reported Jan. 9 had no identified exposure at the time.

The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 310 cases of measles linked to the Upstate outbreak in its Jan. 9 update. The state topped 300 cases after rising over 200 cases Tuesday.

In its first 2026 measles update, the South Carolina Department of Public Health identified nine new cases since Dec. 30.