The Lake County Health Department reported the first human case of West Nile virus in Lake County for the year. The infected resident is in their 70s and became sick in early July, health officials confirmed in a written release.

What to know about West Nile virus after first human case detected in Illinois While some Chicago-area counties have reported mosquitoes testing positive so far this year, the first human case of ...

“Sadly, Illinois is reporting our first death of the year attributed to West Nile virus,” said Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of the state health department, in a news release.

Three college students are spending their summer as interns with the Will County Health Department in Joliet to help test mosquitoes for the West Nile virus.

CHICAGO — One death from West Nile Virus has been reported in Illinois, the first death from the virus in the state this year, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The case ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, confirmed the first human death from the West Nile virus in the state so far this year. (iStock)

The state's public health director reported Thursday there's been a second known human case of the West Nile virus in Illinois. Doctor John Lumpkin says the 57-year-old Madison County man became ...

Two people in Adams County have tested positive for West Nile Virus, which has seen a significant increase in mosquitoes in the state. Dr. Lindsey Fish, Internal Medicine with Urgent Care at Denver Health,

To date, there have been two dozen human cases of West Nile virus reported in Illinois this year, per officials. Some 28 cases were reported in 2019, including one death.