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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Stobbe

Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks

Dengue - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)

Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue fever in decades, and the toll now includes a death.

The Florida Department of Health confirmed the death Friday, though it didn't provide further details. It's one of more than 130 locally acquired dengue cases reported so far this year in Hillsborough County, which typically sees only a handful.

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