Monkeypox In South Florida 2024. Dozens of those cases have been detected in south florida — mostly in broward county — and those numbers are. So far 1,317 people in florida have tested positive for monkeypox, according to an update tuesday from the florida department of health.

But this year, 1,880 infections have been reported in more than 30 countries where monkeypox isn’t typically found. The us public health emergency declaration for mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, ends tuesday.