2nd case of travel-related Zika confirmed in Manatee

A person in Manatee County was confirmed to have travel-related Zika virus Monday, marking the second such case in the county, according to the Florida Department of Health in Tallahassee.

Although Zika has now been brought twice to Manatee County by someone who traveled to a Zika-infected area, there are still no locally transmitted cases of Zika, said Natalie Spindle, a Florida DOH spokeswoman.

“There’s nothing in that area yet,” Spindle said Monday of Manatee County.

A locally transmitted case would be when a local mosquito bites a person in Manatee who traveled and came back with Zika, processes the virus, and then bites a previously uninfected Manatee person.

On Friday, the Florida DOH confirmed Florida’s first local transmissions of the Zika virus in four individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott said there were 10 additional such cases in Miami.

There were two new travel-related cases Monday with one in Manatee County and one in St. Lucie County, according to a Florida DOH news release.

Monday’s cases bring the total of Florida travel-related cases of Zika not involving pregnant women to 333, according the Florida DOH. There are 55 involving pregnant women.

Besides the two cases in Manatee, there are 10 cases in Hillsborough, seven in Pinellas, one in Charlotte and one in Sarasota, according to the DOH.

This story was originally published August 1, 2016 at 3:41 PM with the headline "2nd case of travel-related Zika confirmed in Manatee."