SAN DIEGO–Two more San Diego County residents have been confirmed as positive for West Nile virus, bringing the total number of people confirmed as contracting the mosquito-driven disease this year to five.
The number includes one fatality previously reported as a suspected case, a 79-year-old San Diego woman who died Sept. 8.
County public health and environmental health officials urged people to remember to protect themselves from mosquitoes and help prevent the pests from breeding by following the County’s “Prevent, Protect, Report” recommendations.
As of Sept. 30, San Diego County West Nile Virus Watch reported five state-confirmed human cases, including one death (compared to 11 cases and two deaths in 2014); 227 dead infected birds recovered (compared to 41 in 2014), and 31 batches of infected mosquitoes collected (compared to 6 in 2014)
