A child who was hospitalized with measles in Texas has died, state health officials said this week. It marks the first death in the state's latest outbreak — the largest such outbreak in close to 30 years — which has left more than 140 people infected.

In Texas, there were 146 cases of measles across the state and the South Plains, with 20 patients hospitalized. The best way to prevent getting sick is to get two doses of a measles vaccine.

Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, has confirmed the first death in the state from measles occurred at its facilities. Here is what we know.