PAHO: 37,000 new chikungunya cases in the Americas
September 26th, 2017
CDC: “…Since the Americas outbreak began in 2013 on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, the Americas region has reported 2,569,438 cases.
Laboratory-confirmed chikungunya virus disease cases reported to ArboNET by state or territory — United States, 2017 (as of September 19, 2017)
| Travel-associated cases No. (%) |
Locally-transmitted cases No. (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| State | (N=46) | (N=0) |
| Alaska | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| California | 9 (20) | 0 (0) |
| Colorado | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Georgia | 2 (4) | 0 (0) |
| Illinois | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Kansas | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Massachusetts | 3 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Michigan | 2 (4) | 0 (0) |
| Nebraska | 2 (4) | 0 (0) |
| New Jersey | 2 (4) | 0 (0) |
| New York | 7 (15) | 0 (0) |
| Ohio | 3 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Pennsylvania | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Texas | 7 (15) | 0 (0) |
| Virginia | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Washington | 1 (2) | 0 (0) |
| Wisconsin | 2 (4) | 0 (0) |
| Territories | (N=0) | (N=32) |
| Puerto Rico | 0 (0) | 32 (100) |