A brief lull in the number of reported dengue cases doesn’t mean the disease is anywhere near finished with the Big Island — a fact highlighted Wednesday when the fever resumed its steady march with six new cases. A brief
A brief lull in the number of reported dengue cases doesn’t mean the disease is anywhere near finished with the Big Island — a fact highlighted Wednesday when the fever resumed its steady march with six new cases.
The tally of people infected has reached 145, with 128 of them island residents and 17 visitors. Five to seven new cases have been added daily on a fairly consistent basis over the past couple of weeks, although on Tuesday, no new cases were reported. Researchers with the CDC are currently trapping mosquitoes and trying to gain a better understanding of where the infectious insects are concentrated. New cases continue to occur in the hotspot from Keauhou to south of Hookena and have begun to crop up in South Hilo and Puna.
