Monkeypox Hits Two Florida Counties Hardest, Data Show

A 1971 photo from the Center For Disease Control handout shows monkeypox-like lesions on the arm and leg of a female child in Bondua, Liberia. CDC/Getty Images

Two Florida counties have been hardest hit by monkeypox, data shows.

Since Jan. 1, data from the Florida Department of Health shows that 43 of Florida’s 67 counties have reported cases of monkeypox. While the majority of Florida’s counties have either reported relatively few cases (37) or no cases at all (24), Miami-Dade and Broward have been hit the hardest.