Nearly all of the additional 25,000 or so chikungunya cases in the Americas can be attributed to just a handful of countries, according to new data from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Monday.
In South America, Colombia continues their surge in cases reporting the most significant amount of any country. The PAHO reports an increase of 21,333 cases since Dec. 19, bringing Colombia’s total to 74,150, by far the most in South America.
Puerto Rico continues their steady increase in chikungunya cases reporting another 1,661 cases putting the island country’s total over 24,000.
While Mexico has only recorded 131 autochthonous cases of the mosquito borne virus, an increase of nearly 50, all have been laboratory confirmed.
In Central America, Honduras saw an increase in approximately 3,000 cases and in the Caribbean, Jamaica reported another 150 cases.
In total for the Western Hemisphere, there has been 1,071,696 suspected and confirmed locally acquired chikungunya cases in the past 12 months.
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