Zika update | Cases by country
In addition to Brazil, the following countries in Latin America and the Caribbean report cases of the Zika virus:
COLOMBIA: More than 16,419 confirmed or suspected cases of Zika, including 1,090 pregnant women.
VENEZUELA: Officials decline to issue guidelines about Zika or release epidemiological data but have confirmed the virus is in Venezuela.
CARIBBEAN NATIONS: The Caribbean island nations have had a couple of hundred suspected cases of Zika, the majority of them in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. There have been at least 19 laboratory-confirmed cases in Puerto Rico and at least 10 in the neighboring Dominican Republic. Haiti has reported at least five confirmed cases and the U.S. Virgin Islands at least one.
ECUADOR: 33 reported Zika cases, 17 of them confirmed by laboratory tests.
BOLIVIA: Four confirmed cases of Zika.
EL SALVADOR: 2,474 suspected cases of Zika, 122 of which were pregnant women.
HONDURAS: At least 1,000 cases reported since mid-December.
GUATEMALA: 68 confirmed cases of Zika.
MEXICO: 18 confirmed cases of locally acquired Zika.
PANAMA: 42 cases of Zika, including one pregnant woman.
COSTA RICA: One case, acquired in Colombia.
NICARAGUA: Two cases.
Source: Associated Press