Brazil's outbreak of Zika - which has been linked to the devastating microcephaly birth defect in newborns in 1,271 cases since October - has also killed 57 of those babies, authorities said Wednesday, according to AFP.
The Health Ministry said in that as of April 30, 3,580 suspected cases had been reported and that another 2,492 were ruled out as false alarms.
While 57 babies were known to have died of the condition, another 178 deaths were suspected to have been caused by it, the data showed.