South Carolina's measles outbreak continues to rage, with hundreds of new cases reported in January. The ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina has reached a staggering 789 cases, making it the largest outbreak of the disease since the U.S. eliminated measles in 2000. No deaths have been reported during the South Carolina outbreak yet. The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the new case total on Jan. 27 . He suggested that imported measles cases — from travelers to the U.S., for instance — were driving the rising measles rates.