HealthSaturday, November 14
Pinellas adds 29 dengue cases in a week, its biggest weekly count this year
The 5AM St. Petersburg team
If you live in Pinellas, dengue is now part of the local picture. The county added 29 cases in the latest state report and has counted 109 since August. WFLA says Pinellas went from 80 cases on Oct. 31 to 109 on Nov. 7.
Hillsborough has far more dengue cases than Pinellas or Pasco
Source: WUSF
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Hillsborough | 468 |
| Pinellas | 109 |
| Pasco | 6 |
The state reported 100 locally acquired cases for Nov. 1-7, and 92 came from Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco. The health department said new cases under investigation have decreased in recent weeks. Hillsborough County Administrator Bonnie Wise extended the county's local emergency through Nov. 19.
Dengue by the numbers in the Tampa Bay outbreak
- 100
- locally acquired cases statewide, Nov. 1-7
- 92
- of them in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco
- 29
- new Pinellas cases in the latest report
- 624
- statewide since July
Source: WUSF
Mosquito control teams are continuing to spray to stop the spread.
- Symptoms: show up 3-14 days after an infected mosquito bites
- Local response: education campaigns and spraying for mosquitoes and larvae
- Travel cases: 40 added Nov. 1-7, 422 for the year
Sources: WFLA, WUSF, Bay News 9