CDC Reports Chilling News Puerto Rico With First Death from Zika

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Published on Apr 29, 2016

Federal health official announced Friday the first U.S. death related to the Zika virus occurred in Puerto Rico. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the patient in the U.S. territory died after developing severe thrombo-cyto-penia, a condition in which there is an abnormally low blood platelet count. After he was infected with Zika, he developed bleeding manifestations and was hospitalized. There have been at least 683 confirmed cases of Zika detected in Puerto Rico since November 2015.
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