On August 4, 2022, the Biden administration declared Mpox a public health emergency. Since then, each state and Washington, D.C. has recorded circumstances of the virus, with the first death from Mpox confirmed on August 30 in Texas. Though Mpox is not a new disease—it was found in animals in 1958 and in people in 1970—the sudden inflow of lively circumstances presents a big threat.
The main hallmark of the Mpox virus is the rash, or “pox,” that contaminated people develop. Other signs embrace fever, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes. Mpox is spread through shut skin-to-skin contact with an contaminated particular person or by contact with contaminated physique fluids on surfaces; the virus can live on surfaces for as much as fifteen days. The CDC recommends getting the Mpox vaccine if you find yourself eligible and speaking overtly with shut contacts and medical professionals when you or these you might be shut with develop signs of Mpox.
Stacker is accumulating information from the CDC to look at Mpox case developments in California. Keep studying under to see what number of circumstances are in your state and the way your state compares to the remainder of the nation.
California Mpox weekly replace
California statistics
– Cumulative circumstances since July 2022: 3,833
— Cumulative circumstances per million folks: 97.7
– New circumstances over the last 7 days: 542
— New circumstances per million folks: 13.8
Nationwide statistics
– Cumulative circumstances since July 2022: 21,123
— Cumulative circumstances per million folks: 63.0
– New circumstances over the last 7 days: 1,848
— New circumstances per million folks: 5.5
States with probably the most cumulative circumstances since July 2022
#1. District Of Columbia: 436 circumstances (650.7 circumstances per million folks)
#2. New York: 3,526 circumstances (177.8 circumstances per million folks)
#3. Georgia: 1,512 circumstances (140.0 circumstances per million folks)
#4. California: 3,833 circumstances (97.7 circumstances per million folks)
#5. Florida: 2,126 circumstances (97.6 circumstances per million folks)
States with the fewest cumulative circumstances since July 2022
#1. South Dakota: 2 circumstances (2.2 circumstances per million folks)
#2. Kansas: 7 circumstances (2.4 circumstances per million folks)
#3. Wyoming: 2 circumstances (3.5 circumstances per million folks)
#4. Alaska: 3 circumstances (4.1 circumstances per million folks)
#5. West Virginia: 8 circumstances (4.5 circumstances per million folks)