TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Health confirmed the first dengue fever-related death in Hillsborough County.
An FDOH spokesperson said in an email that health officials completed their epidemiological investigation into the death, but did not provide any additional information about the person who died.
‘She met the wrong mosquito’: Family says 80-year-old Tampa woman died from dengue fever
Last week, a family told 8 On Your Side that their mother died after contracting the virus. Gay Small, who was otherwise healthy, succumbed to her illness in the hospital on her 80th birthday.
The FDOH confirmed the death just one day after it updated its records to show that 152 dengue fever cases have been reported in Florida…