The Zika outbreak in Florida has now infected more than 100 people, with most of the cases coming from the Miami Beach area.
The Florida Health Department announced 10 more cases of mosquito-borne transmission on Monday, bringing the total number to 105. The virus is primarily spread via mosquitoes, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that its aerial spraying has helped lower mosquito counts in the neighborhood.
The department has been fighting an outbreak of local cases since late July, with the initial cases stemming from the Miami neighborhood of Wynwood. Other local cases have been identified in Miami Beach, Palm Beach County and others in Broward County, Collier and Polk counties.
Florida health officials announced last week that the outbreak in Wynwood has ended since it has been 45 days since a new case has been identified. However, the health department announced Monday that three of the 10 cases are from July and associated with Wynwood.
The reason the department is announcing them now is because it received test results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It is important to note that these are not new cases and they do not affect the lift of the Wynwood zone as all had symptom onset in July,” the health department said.
The CDC on Aug. 1 called for pregnant women to not travel to the part of Wynwood where Zika was spreading, as the virus is linked to the birth defect microcephaly.
The agency still believes that pregnant women and partners of pregnant women concerned about Zika should consider postponing any travel to all of Miami-Dade County due to the active transmission.
