West Nile virus

A Hamilton County resident tested positive for West Nile virus, making it the second human case reported in Indiana this year according to the Hamilton County Health Department.

The Indiana Department of Health is warning people to use insect repellent and wear protective clothing following the state’s first reported West Nile virus case of 2024. The agency expects to see additional cases as the mosquito season progresses.

The first Indiana case of West Nile virus disease this year has been identified in a Johnson County resident.

As of Friday, 83 mosquito pools positive for West Nile virus were detected in Allen, Clark, Daviess, Elkhart, Floyd, Gibson, Hamilton, Jennings, Lake, Marion, Martin, Pike, Scott, Steuben, St. Joseph, Vanderburgh and Vigo counties.

The Indiana Department of Health said so far in 2021, one mosquito sample collected in Vigo County tested positive for West Nile virus. No human cases have been detected, but officials expect to see more West Nile activity as the mosquito season progresses.

As of Aug. 6, mosquitoes in Allen, Marion and St. Joseph counties have tested positive for West Nile virus.

Two more Indiana counties are reporting finding mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus.

Health officials say this has been the only confirmed human case of the virus in Marion County this year.

Indiana recorded its first two deaths from the West Nile Virus this week. One is in Marion County and one in Grant County.

The Indiana State Department of Health says that the human case was confirmed Monday in Vanderburgh County.