A child who was hospitalized with measles has died from the illness in West Texas, state and local health officials announced Wednesday. It is the first death in a measles outbreak that has infected more than 120 people since late last month.

An unvaccinated child has died from measles in West Texas, officials said, marking the first fatality from the disease in the U.S. since 2015. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed the death on Wednesday but did not disclose the patient's age.

The first person known to have died from measles in the U.S. in a decade was announced by health officials on Wednesday and described as a "school-aged child" who perished in a children's hospital in West Texas,