The second son with measles died in Texas, the officials say

A second child with Morbillo in Texas died, although at this moment the exact cause of death is not unknown, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

The secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plans to participate in the funeral of the child on Sunday, said a spokesman in NBC News.

The couple of children and an adult in New Mexico who is believed to also have He died of measles These are the first deaths reported in relation to the disease in the country in a decade.

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A second child with Morbillo in Texas is dead. (Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images)

481 cases of measles have been confirmed since January Texas aloneAccording to the Department of State Health Services of Texas.

This total includes six babies and children in a Lubbock nursery school which has turned out to be positive in the last two weeks, according to NBC News. Two of these children are among the 56 people who have been hospitalized with measles in the area since the disease started spreading in January.

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From January, 481 cases of measles have been confirmed only in Texas. (Reuters/Annie Rice)

About one of three out of 1,000 children infected with measles die for respiratory and neurological complications, according to the data of the centers for the control and prevention of diseases. About one in 20 children with measles suffers from pneumoniawhich is the most common cause of death from measles in small children.

The burst of measles began in Texas at the end of January, but since then it has spread in some other states.

The secretary of HHS Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plans to participate in the funeral of the child on Sunday. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images)

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In the United States, 628 cases of measles have been reported in at least 21 states and Washington, DC, so far this year, according to NBC News.