Infographic: Where in the US have Zika cases been reported? [June 24 update]

June 28, 2016 8:50 AM | Deleted user

In the last week, 15 states reported new Zika virus cases to the CDC, bringing to total number of cases in the 50 states to more than 800. U.S. territories also experienced a spike in reported cases.

Between June 17 and Wednesday, 64 new cases of Zika virus in the 50 states and the District of Columbia were reported to the CDC, bringing the total number of cases from 756 to 820. In the U.S. territories, 420 new cases were reported in the last week, bringing that total from 1,440 to 1,860. All together, there are 2,680 Zika cases in the U.S. as of Wednesday.

There are still no reports of locally acquired Zika cases in the states, excluding the lab-acquired case in Pennsylvania, but of the 819 travel-associated cases in the states, 11 were sexually transmitted and four had Guillain-BarrĂ© syndrome. Of the 1,854 locally acquired cases in the territories, seven had Guillain-BarrĂ© syndrome.

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To see where Zika cases have been reported in the U.S. from Jan. 1 to Wednesday, check out the map below.

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