State health officials said on the day of Wednesday that they have discovered four more locally transmitted cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Miami-Dade County, while 2 "travel-related" cases were reported in the Orlando place.
The 4 cases in Miami-Dade brought the total of locally transmitted cases in the state to 244, in accordance to the Florida Department of Health website.
Investigators were attempting to determine where exposure occurred in the 4 cases. Meanwhile, one travel-related case was reported in Orange County, while another was reported in Osceola County.
In such cases, individuals are infected elsewhere and then bring Zika into the state.
In all, Florida has had 1,219 reported cases of Zika, in accordance to the department.
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