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    Thursday, April 25, 2024

    State health department creates new webpage for Zika virus data

    The state Department of Public Health announced Friday that it has created a webpage, titled Zika Virus Statistics, to provide statistics related to Connecticut’s Zika testing efforts.

    The webpage will be updated every Wednesday by close of business. 

    The testing results can be accessed through the health department's main Zika webpage, www.ct.gov/zika, by clicking on the “Zika Virus Statistics” button at the bottom of the page.  

    The database also can be accessed directly at http://1.usa.gov/1U1AXW1.

    The webpage will list the total number of patients with final results, number of pregnant patients with final results, number of patients who test positive for Zika virus, and number of pregnant patients with a positive Zika test.

    In addition, the number of patients and pregnant patients with a positive test result for a Flavivirus also will be listed.

    Flaviviruses include Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika.

    The webpage also will track the countries visited by those patients who test positive for either Zika or another Flavivirus.

    As of May 24, 2016, Connecticut has reported seven patients who tested positive for Zika virus.

    The latest positive result was from a nonpregnant female who recently had returned from Puerto Rico.

    All seven patients have since recovered.

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