D.C. has more cases of monkeypox per capita than any state, prompting public health officials to launch an aggressive vaccination campaign aimed at blanketing the most at-risk communities.
As of Friday, health departments were reporting 122 positive cases in D.C., 44 in Virginia and 37 in Maryland, but D.C. public health officials say there are more people infected than the data show because not everyone with symptoms obtains a test.
New York, California, Illinois and Florida lead the country in recorded numbers of cases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show, with case counts of 489, 266, 174 and 154, respectively.
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