Monkeypox Cases Double in RI in One Week

Monkeypox Cases Double in RI in One Week

The number of confirmed monkeypox cases has more than doubled in one week in Rhode Island. 

The Rhode Island Department of Health confirmed on Friday that cases are now at 19. 

Last Saturday, Rhode Island’s case count was 9.

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According to the CDC, RI’s latest case count makes it 26th in the country in total cases — for a state with the 9th lowest population (including DC) in the latest census count. 

Massachusetts currently has 117 confirmed cases. 

The total number of cases in the country is now at 4,907 as of Friday. 

 

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On Thursday the New York State Department of Health officials designated monkeypox as an ‘imminent threat to public health.’

In California, San Francisco then became the first major U.S. city to declare a local health emergency on monkeypox in an effort to strengthen the city's preparedness and response amid what officials say is a high demand for the vaccine.

Last Saturday, the World Health Organization named monkeypox a global health emergency