Last year saw 69 cases across the state, including six in Lake County, according to data from the Illinois Department of Public Health.

Health officials in Lake County, Illinois, have confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) this year. Officials from the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center say they have identified this year’s first human case of neuroinvasive West Nile Virus in a Lake County resident who

Health officials warn the public after mosquitoes east of Caldwell tested positive for West Nile virus, marking the first case of the season in the county.