Monkeypox Santa Ana: How many cases of monkeypox are in Santa Ana?

Santa Ana reported has recorded its first presumptive case of monkeypox. Orange County authorities are awaiting confirmation of the case from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Currently, local officials are presuming that it is monkeypox and they are working to perform contact tracing to prevent the further spread of the virus.

The Orange County Health Care Agency did not report when the patient contracted the virus, mention that the person is in isolation.

The infection came to light earlier this week when a primary care physician suspected it and alerted the County’s Communicable Disease Control unit.

There have been 4769 cases worldwide as of Tuesday. In the US, there have been 306 cases in 28 states.