11 Cases Of Pregnant Women With Zika Added To D.O.H. Report; Total Now 282

The Department of Health's latest report on the Zika virus brings the total number of pregnant women with the disease to 282, an increase of 11 cases week-over-week. However the department said those cases were old cases formerly listed as "probable" that were then added to the confirmed cases list. "The D.O.H. was waiting for confirmatory testing before they could be categorized as confirmed," wrote Nykole Tyson, D.O.H.'s director of public relations in a message sent to the media. She said the results take between one and two months to return. Even so, recent weeks have seen steady increases in the number of pregnant women confirmed to be Zika positive in the territory. During the week of July 12, 15 additional women were confirmed to be infected compared to the week prior, while 17 more women were confirmed infected during the week of July 28. The general category only saw 2 new cases territory-wide. St. Thomas now stands at 683 confirmed cases, up by 1 from last week, whi...