Seventh Case Of Zika Virus Reported In Illinois: Health Officials

(CBS) -- The state of Illinois has confirmed a new case of the Zika virus.

Seven cases of Zika virus are now confirmed by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

We know that at least one of those cases is in Chicago.

The state Department of Public Health says two of the cases are in pregnant women. Three are in non-pregnant women. Two are men.

The Zika virus can be sexually transmitted.

But in these cases, state health officials say all seven people had traveled to countries, where mosquitoes are the more common means of transmission. They include Colombia, El Salvador, Barbados, Honduras, Puerto Rico - and two of the Illinois Zika cases had been in Haiti.

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