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A mosquito sample taken in New Bedford's Hicks Logan neighborhood last week has tested positive for the West Nile virus.

Mosquito samples collected recently in Carver have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis, the first cases of EEE detected in Massachusetts this year.

Less than a week after West Nile Virus was detected in mosquitoes in Wareham, the virus had been detected in mosquitoes collected in Fall River.

Wareham officials have announced that a mosquito sample taken in the town has tested positive for West Nile Virus.

In 2019, there were 12 human cases in Massachusetts and six deaths.

It's the third human case of the mosquito-borne virus in Massachusetts this year.

After the state's first human case of EEE was reported in Middleboro recently, state officials announced aerial mosquito spraying would begin tonight.

MIDDLEBOROUGH — The first human case of eastern equine encephalitis has been reported in Middleborough. According to a Facebook post from the Middleborough Town Manager account, posted at 2:50 p.m. today, the town was informed this afternoon from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health “that a human case of EEE/WEST NILE has been reported in Middleborough...

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