25 monkeypox cases in Louisiana, LDH says

Allison Bruhl

2 years ago

FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the United States: a toddler in California and an infant who is not a U.S. resident, health officials said Friday, July 22, 2022. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The total number of monkeypox cases in Louisiana is 25 as of Monday, July 25, the Louisiana Department of Health reported.

LDH reported four new cases Monday. LDH said 22 cases are from LDH Region 1 in southeast Louisiana, and there is one case each in Region 3, Region 4, and Region 9. No further information about cases was shared by the state health department.

According to LDH’s webpage on monkeypox, there “likely” could be more undiagnosed cases in the state at this time.

For more information about monkeypox from LDH, click here.