50 states plus the District of Columbia have residents who have tested positive for Lyme disease..
The report has been compiled by Quest Diagnostics. It analyzed 6 million blood tests..
The report found that Pennsylvania had the most positive cases last year with 10,001 cases
The Pennsylvania tally, along with that of the six New England states – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont – accounted for about 60 percent of the country’s Lyme disease cases. Positive results grew by 50 percent in New England and by 78 percent in Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2017. However, the number of positive tests spiked in some areas not traditionally linked to Lyme disease. Florida, for instance, had 501 infections, up 77 percent since 2015. California had 483 people with positive test results – a 194.5 percent increase from 2015.
Congrats PA. . . number 1.
