Health Department announces first human West Nile case of the season
The Health Department on Friday, August 11 confirmed the first human case of West Nile virus this year.
According to the agency, the patient, though having underlying medical conditions, is less than 50 years old and is currently in serious condition at a Manhattan hospital.
The season’s first human case comes after the number of mosquito pools testing positive for West Nile have reached a record high of 337 contaminated “pools,” or collections of mosquitoes captured in a surveillance trap, that have tested positive.