Chikungunya infections in the Americas

20 January 2017

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in the first two weeks of 2017 reported 4,008 suspected, confirmed and imported chikungunya cases, mostly in Brazil, bringing the 2016-17 total in the Americas to more than 500,000.

All but 241 of the cases were recorded in the most recent update, on Jan 13. The final PAHO report of 2016 also included 108 new cases, after the agency reported more than 56,000 new infections the week before.

Affected Regions

South America

Affected Countries