The Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County (DOH-Palm Beach) has reported a new confirmed human case of locally acquired (autochthonous) dengue.
This makes Palm Beach County the seventh county in Florida to report a case of locally acquired dengue, joining Hillsborough, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Orange, and Pasco counties.
As of the week ending on September 7, a total of 31 locally acquired cases had been reported in the state.
Until 2009, there had been no reports of dengue cases acquired in Florida since 1934.
