A 66-year-old person in Larimer County died after a lengthy hospitalization because of West Nile virus, becoming the third Coloradan to be killed by the virus this year.
reported the death on Tuesday. A news release did not identify the resident or say when the person died. It was the county’s first confirmed death from West Nile this year.from West Nile was reported on Aug. 4 in Weld County. A second death from it was reported on Monday in La Plata County.in 2023. They attribute the jump in cases to a wet winter and spring, which allowed Culex mosquitoes to thrive. Increased human cases follow reports of high infection levels in the Culex mosquitoes.
Larimer County health officials said their 29 confirmed cases are outpacing cases from previous years. Eight people have been hospitalized, according to the county health department’s news release. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported 72 people have been infected and 41 of them required hospitalization. Thirty-seven people have experienced neurological symptoms, according to
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