Public health officials are concerned about mounting cases of mosquito-borne dengue virus in Baldwin Park and the potential for its continued spread.

Cluster cases now total five, in addition to a detection in Panorama City and previous detections in El Monte and San Diego County.

Two more people have been found positive for locally acquired dengue virus in Baldwin Park, taking the total number of cases in the area to five, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced on Tuesday,

Two more locally acquired cases of the mosquito-borne illness dengue have been confirmed in the Baldwin Park area, adding to a cluster of three cases in the area that were announced earlier this year.