By Wendy Anders

The second case of a zika-infected microcephaly baby was confirmed in the Central America nation of El Salvador on Friday, stated Salvadorean health officials at a live press conference.

This makes El Salvador the seventh country in the Americas to confirm a zika-linked microcephaly case.

“More than 91 percent of zika will not lead to micrcephaly,” stated Violeta Menjívar, El Salvador’s Health Minister, during an interview with the online news media ElSalvador.com.

Of the country’s 48 cases of microcephaly detected this year in newborn infants, only two of those have been linked to the zika virus, officials reported.

And, of the more than 10,700 zika cases identified throughout the country since the outbreak of the virus in El Salvador, 318 of those infections have been in pregnant women, according to the Salvadorean Health Ministry’s most recent surveillance data.

“What makes a difference is the treatment given to microcephaly babies,” continued Menjívar, who said her country has specialists and treatment protocols in place for treating these babies.

The Ministry of Health has seen a decline in new zika cases this year, with the rate dropping to an average of 50-60 cases per week during the past 3-4 months, which they hope means the outbreak is on the wane.

The zika virus is primarily spread by the aedes genus of mosquito, which is also a carrier of dengue and chikungunya.