The majority, 92%, occurred in unvaccinated people and children under the age of 19. There have been three confirmed deaths. Though Demetre Daskalakis, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,

Measles cases in the United States are the highest they’ve been since the country eliminated the disease in 2000. The U.S. has reported 1,277 cases since the start of the year, according to NBC News’ tally of state health department data.

Confirmed measles cases in the U.S. reached a total of 1,288, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, rising above 2019 levels as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks of the childhood disease.

Measles cases in the United States have reached their highest number in more than 30 years, according to new federal data published Wednesday.

The number of measles cases in the United States has surpassed 2019's wave of infections, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.