First West Nile virus cases reported in Antelope Valley

From the Antelope Valley Press
August 28, 2022 

The first human cases of West Nile virus, this year, have been reported in the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County Public Health Department officials reported, Thursday.

The Department reported six cases in Los Angeles County, in the Antelope, San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys.

Most of the six people infected were hospitalized for the illness, in late July and early August, according to the report.

Further information as to where the cases were in the Antelope Valley, or how many were here, was not available.

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