LUBBOCK — A school-aged child has died in Lubbock from measles, the first death reported in an ongoing outbreak that has infected more than 120 people in West Texas since January, Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed on Wednesday.

A child who tested positive for measles died in West Texas, the state health department said, marking the first death in an outbreak that has sickened nearly 140 people. The Texas Department of State Health Services said a school-age child died after being hospitalized in Lubbock.

An unvaccinated school-aged child has died in the measles outbreak in Texas, which has seen 124 reported cases of the disease. It's the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015. Pediatrician and infectious disease specialist Dr.