Two more cases of the mosquito-borne dengue virus were confirmed Wednesday in Baldwin Park, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Including the case announced last week, the three cases make up an "unprecedented number of locally transmitted cases for a region where dengue has not previously been transmitted by mosquitoes,

Two more Baldwin Park residents have locally acquired dengue — an illness that mosquitoes transmit — in addition to one case announced last week, prompting health officials Wednesday to report […]

According to the health department, none of the patients had any history of traveling to areas where dengue is endemic.