GRANT COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The Department of Health Services (DHS) confirmed a pediatric measles-associated death in Wisconsin Friday, Nov. 13, marking the second pediatric death connected to the outbreak in the state this year. 

DHS reported the first death on Nov. 5, noting the infant's death was the first measles-related death in the state since 1990.

Since August 2026, the health department has reported 649 measles cases in 20 counties. DHS says the number is the highest Wisconsin has seen in more than 35 years. 

Health officials are urging Wisconsinites to make sure they have the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine; they say two doses are approximately 97% effective at preventing the disease. 

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