The Washington Post has a nice state-by-state breakdown of Zika in the continental US. It separates out "travel-related" cases and "local" cases and has links to each state's website with local information regarding the virus.
There are 7,360 confirmed Zika cases in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [as of Aug 3, 2016]. This includes 1,817 cases in the continental U.S. and 5,526 cases in the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
The first local spread of Zika virus through infected mosquitoes in the continential U.S. occurred in Miami, Florida in late July.
takyon: Reuters has a timeline of Zika-related events. Bloomberg reports "Florida Shudders as Zika Spread Forces Miami Shops to Close". The Sacramento Bee reports "Two babies born in California with Zika-related severe birth defect".
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Zika is growing stronger in Miami, FL:
Mosquitoes have begun spreading the Zika virus in a second part of Miami — the popular tourist destination of Miami Beach — Florida officials announced Friday. As a result, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its advice to travelers, advising pregnant women to avoid the parts of Miami Beach where the virus is spreading. In addition, women and men who have traveled to the area should wait at least eight weeks to try to get pregnant even if they didn't catch Zika during their visit.
The agency also went a step further, advising pregnant women and their sexual partners "who are concerned about potential Zika virus exposure" that they "may also consider postponing nonessential travel to all parts of Miami-Dade county." That decision to issue a warning about the entire city was prompted by the agency's concern that there may be other outbreaks in other parts of Miami-Dade that haven't been identified yet, CDC Director Thomas Frieden told reporters during a briefing.
From the Governor's office:
Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has learned through one of their investigations that five individuals that have already been confirmed as cases of local transmissions of Zika are connected to the Miami Beach area. DOH believes that active transmission of this virus are only occurring in the area of Miami Beach between 8th and 28th streets (see map below). This is the second area that has been identified as a location where local transmission is occurring and is just under 1.5 square miles.
Release at the CDC.
Previously:
CDC: Up to 157 Pregnant Women in the U.S. Have Zika Virus
"High Likelihood" of Local Zika Virus Transmission in Florida
Quick Summary of Zika in the U.S.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 06 2016, @01:51AM
Puerto Rico deserves a call-out for its 5460 cases.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 06 2016, @01:56AM
The microcephaly babies will be a great addition to our 51st state.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday August 06 2016, @02:49AM
Puerto Rico is a state now? Stupid article with stupid "facts" is stupid.
Of course I'm against DEI. Donald, Eric, and Ivanka.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 06 2016, @03:09AM
The article doesn't call Puerto Rico a state, but lumps it in with the other colonies, where there have been far fewer cases.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by janrinok on Saturday August 06 2016, @08:02AM
Nope, TFA clearly says 'US territories'. There may be some stupidity around here, but not in TFA.
I am not interested in knowing who people are or where they live. My interest starts and stops at our servers.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 06 2016, @02:36AM
If we have them, why can’t we use them?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 06 2016, @03:31AM
Shut the fuck up, donnie.
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by aristarchus on Saturday August 06 2016, @06:32AM
Shut the fuck up, donnie.
That should be:
Shut the fuck up, Donald!
Donnie was just out of his league, an easy mistake to make. This is a case of the Donald being out of all leagues, the bowling league, the Justice League, the Little League, the League of Billionaires who actually are billionaries, the League of men with hair, the League of Men With Hands that are not Too Small. In other words, out of all leagues. Leagueless. Non-league-able. Cannot not find a mate the is within a league. No leagues under the sea. The Donald. Shut up, Donald. Lest you demonstrate how small your hands actually are. Tiny hands.
Hands too small for his head. Hands that telegraph his negotiating position. Discriminatory hands. Male chauvanist really small compensatory hands. Out of your league, Donald: some of us have actual penii.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 06 2016, @03:00PM
1,817 cases
Where the hell is the extreme media frenzy on this
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Gravis on Saturday August 06 2016, @04:42PM
The Zika virus is rapidly becoming the HIV of our time. The difference is that instead of killing you, it just kills your chance of productive procreation. I think the not cancelling the Olympic games in Rio is going to seen as the tipping point for the Zika virus because with so many infected hosts, it's going to mutate into germ-line ending monster that spreads far and wide. Seems like mother nature is solving the human overpopulation problem on it's own terms.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday August 06 2016, @08:47PM
I think the not cancelling the Olympic games in Rio is going to seen as the tipping point for the Zika virus because with so many infected hosts, it's going to mutate into germ-line ending monster that spreads far and wide.
Why would that happen?
Seems like mother nature is solving the human overpopulation problem on it's own terms.
Why would "mother nature" think or care that there is a human overpopulation problem?