Nashville, TN (WOKI) Tennessee has been added to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) growing list of states with measles cases.

According to the CDC, Tennessee is one of 30 states that have measles cases with six confirmed outbreaks since March.

Tennessee Department of Health officials reported the first measles case on March 21 in Rutherford County. So far in April, five more cases have been reported in Middle Tennessee.

As of April 24, 2025, nearly 900 measles cases have been confirmed in the following states:

• Alaska
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York City
• New York State
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington

Texas has the highest amount with 646 cases of measles so far. New Mexico has the second highest number of cases, with 65.