A 53-year-old in northern Colorado died after contracting West Nile virus, marking the state’s first death from the virus this year, Weld County officials announced Friday.
As of Friday afternoon, Colorado health officials have documented 12 cases of the mosquito-borne virus and three hospitalizations from the virus so far in 2023, according toLarimer and Weld county officials have documented three cases each, while Boulder, Adams, Arapahoe, El Paso, Delta andAdditionally, West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes in eight of the 11 counties that have tested mosquitoes this season, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Delta, Denver, Larimer, Pueblo and Weld...
“The trends we are seeing in our West Nile virus tracking data are unprecedented,” state epidemiologist Rachel Herlihy said in the release. “The number of West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes we’ve detected this season is the highest we’ve seen in years. This is especially concerning now that August is here and September is just around the corner, as this is usually when human cases peak in Colorado.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Colorado had the most West Nile cases in the country last year with 204 cases and 18 deaths from the virus. In 2021, Colorado had the second most cases of any state.
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