A Lodi, New Jersey man recently infected with the West Nile virus died Saturday, state health officials said. A spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Health confirmed the death to Fox News on Friday, noting his passing marked the state’s first West Nile-related death this year. WHAT IS WEST NILE VIRUS? After investigating a possible case of West Nile, “a Bergen county man diagnosed with West Nile virus died during the course of West Nile virus illness,” a health department spokesperson told Fox News in a statement. That’s a significant increase from last year, when eight cases of West Nile were reported.

Source: Fox News September 21, 2018 21:23 UTC