Three more measles cases associated with the measles case confirmed earlier this month have been confirmed by state health officials.
That brings to eight the number of cases connected to the current outbreak which is associated with a daycare setting in the metro Atlanta area; the children were either unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated.
Meanwhile, the CDC said Friday there have been 3,134 confirmed measles cases in the country so far this year, marking the highest annual total in more than 35 years. (SRN NEWS/REUTERS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY.)