[WESH|VIDEO] Parts of Florida hit hardest by Hurricane Ian are seeing nearly double the normal number of infections from flesh-eating bacteria that thrive in coastal floodwaters.
According to the Florida Department of Health, so far in 2022, Florida has seen 65 cases and one death from the bacterium compared with 34 cases and 10 deaths in 2021.
The only Central Florida counties with reported cases this year are Brevard with two cases and no deaths, and Seminole with one case and one death. Compare that to Lee County, where Hurricane Ian made landfall, it has 29 cases and four deaths.
University of Central Florida professor Salvador Almagro Moreno, Ph.D., is an expert in flesh-eating bacteria. He said considering the expansive flooding from Ian, he’s not surprised at the spike. [FULLSTORY]
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