lorida reported 252 locally acquired dengue cases across seven counties in 2026 through September 26, including 223 in Hillsborough County, according to the state’s latest available weekly surveillance report. One death has been confirmed, and Tampa Bay counties declared local emergencies as Hillsborough expanded aerial mosquito-control operations. Source

Hillsborough accounts for 259 of Florida's 296 locally acquired dengue cases this year, and its health officer says the outbreak has not yet started to slow.

Florida is battling its largest spread of dengue fever on record, reporting hundreds of both international and local cases.

At least three counties have declared states of emergency over a mosquito-borne illness that is rapidly spreading.

Florida health officials confirmed one death related to dengue fever on Friday as the state deals with one of the worst outbreaks related to the viral illness. The Florida Department of Health did not provide any specifics about the person who died in Hillsborough County, but the confirmed death was one of more than 130 […]