An adult in Lafayette is the first human death of West Nile virus in Colorado this year, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

By late summer, what started as fever and fatigue had morphed into severe migraines, dizziness and partial loss of hearing. “It was fall turning into winter and I could not drive. It was really hard for me to just walk around the house; I could not walk up and down the stairs by myself,” she said.

The Ada County Mosquito Abatement District announced the discovery after mosquito samples tested positive for the virus in two locations: near the intersection of North Grenville Place and West Cory Lane in Boise, and close to the Star Road bridge over the Boise River in Meridian.

An individual in Pueblo County was recently hospitalized with West Nile virus. Here's what to know about the illness and how to stay safe.

DENVER ( KDVR) — The first human death of West Nile virus this year in Colorado was confirmed on Friday. In a press release to FOX31, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Boulder County Public Health said that the death was of an adult in Lafayette.

A number of mosquito samples collected in Lackawanna County this season tested positive for West Nile virus, but no human cases have been identified to this point. County officials announced July

LAFAYETTE, Colo. — State health officials are reporting Colorado's first death from West Nile virus this year. According to a release from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Boulder County Public Health, the person who died was an adult from Lafayette.

A Lafayette adult died of West Nile virus in what officials say is the first such death in Colorado this year.

Colorado recorded its first human death of the year from West Nile virus on Friday. The case was in an adult from Lafayette. That's according to the state health department and Boulder County Public Health, in a press release.

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