Ninety-five other samples tested negative, according to the department. "This is disappointing but not surprising," said Adam Putnam, the Florida commissioner of agriculture. Mosquito-control measures and mosquito trapping are already in place in the area.
"We already knew because of human cases [that] Zika transmission was occurring; positive pools are just further indication that transmission is still occurring in the area," CDC spokeswoman Candice Hoffmann said.