Florida Health has published its Department of Health Daily Zika Update for September 13. Excerpt:
There are 13 new travel-related cases today including eight in Miami-Dade, one in Escambia, one in Hillsborough, one in Manatee, one in Monroe and one in Seminole. Please visit our website to see the full list of travel-related cases.
There are six new non-travel related cases today:
• Four individuals are associated with ongoing active transmission in Miami Beach.
• One individual was identified within the Wynwood area and experienced symptoms of Zika in early August. This case is being announced today following confirmatory lab results.
• One individual is a Miami-Dade resident and the department is investigating to determine where exposure occurred.
DOH continues door-to-door outreach and targeted testing in Pinellas, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties and mosquito abatement and reduction activities are also taking place around the locations that are being investigated. DOH believes ongoing transmission is only taking place within the small identified areas in Wynwood and Miami Beach in Miami-Dade County, see maps below.
Today's Zika numbers: 634 travel-related Zika cases; 70 local cases; 86 involving pregnant women; 6 nonresident cases. Total: 799 cases.
