A 64-year-old woman was bitten on Friday in the foot while practicing paddleboarding. on a beach in New Smyrna Beach (northeast Florida, USA), and had to be transferred to a hospital in the area.
The shark attack occurred early in the morning, when the woman was sitting on the board about eight or 10 feet deep (2.5-3.05 meters) south of the jetty of the aforementioned beach, the local channel 6 picked up.
The woman suffered lacerations to her foot and the severity of the injuries is unknown.
This is the first shark attack this year in Volusia County, where the beach is located.
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The United States led the world in the number of unprovoked shark attacks in 2020, with 33 confirmed cases, according to the annual report of the International Shark Attack Archive (ISAF) at the University of Florida, in Gainesville (North of Florida). condition).
These 33 cases represent 58% of the global total, a decrease from 2019, when 64% of unprovoked attacks worldwide took place in US waters.
Within the United States, Florida, with a total of 16 attack incidents in 2020 (no deaths), topped the world list for number of shark bites, a top spot it has held for decades.
New Smyrna Beach is known unofficially as “the shark attack capital of the world,” according to CNN, as it tends to record the most attacks by Florida sharks.
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