Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 5 (TIWN) Thirty more Zika cases have been reported in Kanpur district, taking the tally to 66.

Of the new cases, three of the infected are women and 27 are men.

Till Wednesday, the number of women, including four girls, was 18 and with three more infected, the number of women patients have now escalated to 21.

Kanpur chief medical officer Dr Nepal Singh said Thursday’s confirmation increases the total cases in the district to 66 which includes 45 males and 21 females.

Dr Singh said the National Institute for Virology Pune has confirmed the fresh cases. The samples were sent for testing three days ago.

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that spreads through the bite of an infected Aedes species of mosquito named Aedes aegypti.

According to the World Health Organisation, the Aedes mosquitoes usually bite during the day, peaking during early morning and late afternoon or evening.