--- title: Zika: 279 Pregnant Women in the U.S. Have the Virus, CDC description: There are 279 pregnant women in the U.S. and territories with a Zika infection, the CDC reports. canonical: https://time.com/4343056/pregnant-women-united-states-zika/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-20T14:54:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:17:44.090Z article:section: Health og:title: Zika: 279 Pregnant Women in the U.S. Have the Virus, CDC og:description: There are 279 pregnant women in the U.S. and territories with a Zika infection, the CDC reports. og:url: https://time.com/4343056/pregnant-women-united-states-zika/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6beb8393d70aaebd/69889415e20a87f976a90ed5/pregnant-americans-zika.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Health Workers Test And Spray For Mosquitos As Texas Prepares For Zika Virus og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Zika: 279 Pregnant Women in the U.S. Have the Virus, CDC twitter:description: There are 279 pregnant women in the U.S. and territories with a Zika infection, the CDC reports. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6beb8393d70aaebd/69889415e20a87f976a90ed5/pregnant-americans-zika.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Zika Cases In U.S. Pregnant Women Near 300 > Sponsored content. 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The strand of Zika virus spreading throughout South America has now been found in Africa._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 20, 2016 2:54 PM UTC The strand of Zika virus spreading throughout South America has now been found in Africa. by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 20, 2016 2:54 PM UTC There are 279 [pregnant women](http://time.com/4304583/what-every-woman-need-to-know-about-zika/) in the United States and in U.S. territories who have [Zika](http://time.com/4304583/what-every-woman-need-to-know-about-zika/), health officials announced on Friday. There are 157 women pregnant women with the virus in the continental United States and 122 infected pregnant women in U.S. territories. The new numbers are from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Zika pregnancy registry systems in the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. The new numbers include all pregnant women who have had laboratory confirmation of a Zika infection regardless of whether they had symptoms or not. Until now, the CDC defined and reported cases of Zika as people who had symptoms and a positive test for the virus. Since evidence suggests that pregnant women with Zika but without symptoms can also have babies with microcephaly, the agency will now report all pregnant women with evidence of Zika virus. Most people who get a Zika virus infection do not have symptoms. While the majority of pregnant women the CDC is monitoring were infected with Zika while they traveled, the agency says some of these women were infected via sexual transmission. The agency would not confirm how many pregnant women were infected sexually versus by traveling overseas. The total number includes the pregnant women who are currently pregnant and women who were infected during pregnancy and have given birth, terminated their pregnancy or miscarried. 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