Sharks attacked at least a dozen people in the United States so far this year, data collected by USA TODAY shows.

The most recent reported incident took place on July 22 in South Florida, when a Canadian tourist was seriously injured and hospitalized after a shark bit him .

According to USA TODAY Network tracking as well as data from the International Shark Attack File (ISAF) and TrackingSharks .com, 12 reported shark attacks have occurred so far this year in American waters.

More than half took place in Florida, while the second highest number of incidents happened in South Carolina, data shows.

So far, none resulted in death.

"This year's numbers do not look particularly unusual at least thus far," Florida Program for Shark Research Director and ISAF spokesperson Gavin Nayl

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