--- title: Zika: 7 New Cases Identified in South Florida description: One of the cases has sparked concern about a potential new transmission site canonical: https://time.com/4481325/new-zika-cases-south-florida-miami-mosquitoes/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-06T22:32:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:25:52.243Z article:section: Health og:title: Zika: 7 New Cases Identified in South Florida og:description: One of the cases has sparked concern about a potential new transmission site og:url: https://time.com/4481325/new-zika-cases-south-florida-miami-mosquitoes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Zika: 7 New Cases Identified in South Florida twitter:description: One of the cases has sparked concern about a potential new transmission site twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 7 New Zika Cases Identified in South Florida by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 6, 2016 10:32 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Sep 6, 2016 10:32 PM UTC Officials identified seven new [Zika](http://time.com/4477139/zika-spread-africa-asia-virus/) cases transmitted in [South Florida,](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/06/seven-new-zika-cases-south-florida/89928314/) six of them in the Miami Beach area. The seventh case has sparked concern about a potential new [Zika](http://time.com/4472434/zika-can-also-cause-hearing-loss-study/) transmission zone that officials will only say could be in Miami-Dade County. “One case does not mean ongoing active transmission is taking place,” the Florida Department of Health said, according to _USA Today_. “If DOH finds evidence that active transmission is occurring in an area, the media and the public will be notified.” While Congress argues about bills to fund emergency efforts in Florida and other states, officials in Miami Beach have undertaken a project to spray the area of concern to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne virus. \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/06/seven-new-zika-cases-south-florida/89928314/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4481325/new-zika-cases-south-florida-miami-mosquitoes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4481325/new-zika-cases-south-florida-miami-mosquitoes/"},"headline":"7 New Zika Cases Identified in South Florida","datePublished":"2016-09-06T22:32:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:25:52.243Z","description":"One of the cases has sparked concern about a potential new transmission site","url":"https://time.com/4481325/new-zika-cases-south-florida-miami-mosquitoes/","keywords":["Zika"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/zika/","name":"Zika"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4481325/new-zika-cases-south-florida-miami-mosquitoes/","name":"7 New Zika Cases Identified in South Florida"}}]}] ```