U.S. had 34 percent of all worldwide cases. Other countries that have been hit hard by the latest outbreak, such as the U.K.
and Spain, have begun to see the curve of cases fall. But this is not yet the situation in the U.S., where case numbers continue to climb.On August 23, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 42,954 cases of monkeypox worldwide, the vast majority of which are in countries and regions where monkeypox is not endemic.
The U.S. has 15,432 cases.Monkeypox, a virus that is usually found in Central and West Africa, has seen an explosion in cases throughout 2022, with the majority of infections being contracted by men who have sex with men.