Florida reports 296 locally acquired dengue cases across eight counties
Florida’s latest listed report, week 39, records 296 locally acquired dengue cases across eight counties in 2026. This supersedes the week-38 252-case baseline, but is not an October 14 case count. Travel-associated cases remain separate. Source check: Reviewed October 14; use the stated evidence cutoff, not publication time, as the data clock. Checked at 2026-10-14T14:30:43Z.
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Regional representative point
- First seen
- October 3, 2026
- Last verified
- October 14, 2026
- Event date
- Florida week 39, September 27–October 3
- TiPH detected
- October 14, 2026
- TiPH published
- October 14, 2026
- Desk publication, not the event date
Markers use representative points at the country or regional level, not exact incident locations. Placement indicates the affected area, not a precise site.
What changed since the prior scan
Newly published in the October 14 catch-up release; underlying event and evidence dates are stated separately.
History
- First seen (source)
First reported by the primary source. External event date, not a TiPH publication date.
- Added to the desk
Added in the approved October 14 catch-up release.
Primary sources
Who works on this?
Events like this are answered by teams across public health. These are real profession types that respond to this kind of event — not people assigned to it.
Medical entomologist
Studies disease-carrying insects to guide vector control.
Vector-control specialist
Reduces mosquito and vector breeding and biting risk.
Epidemiologist
Tracks how and where disease spreads and estimates risk to populations.
Travel-medicine physician
Advises and protects travelers to affected regions.
Community health educator
Builds prevention knowledge and behavior-change programs locally.
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Corrections & updates
This record is reverified against its primary sources on a twice-daily scan. When the evidence changes, the record changes and the change is logged in the review record — including signals we remove. This is situational awareness, not clinical or travel advice.
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