In 2021, about 21 thousand cases of the Zika virus were reported in Latin America and the Caribbean. This figure shows a decrease of around eight percent compared to the previous year, when the number of Zika infections in the region amounted to almost 23 thousand. The highest number of Zika infections in Latin America reached over 651 thousand in 2016.
Number of Zika virus infections in Latin America and the Caribbean from 2015 to 2022
(in 1,000s)
cumulative cases as each year's last epidemiological week
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