Confirmed congenital syndrome cases linked to Zika virus in Americas January 2018
Brazil had seen a sharp rise in total cases of microcephaly among newborns in 2015, which was believed to be connected with the spreading of the Zika virus.
This statistic shows the number of confirmed cases of microcephaly and other congenital malformations associated with Zika virus infection in countries and territories in the Americas, as of January 4, 2018. Brazil had reported the highest number of cases of congenital syndrome linked to Zika virus infection with 2,952 confirmed cases.