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Third Connecticut Resident Dies From EEE, Fourth Person Hospitalized
By Nicole Leonard • 2 minutes ago
A third Connecticut resident has died from EEE, and another person has been diagnosed with the illness, state officials announced Tuesday.
Dr. Matthew Cartter, state epidemiologist of the Department of Public Health, said in a statement that a person from East Haddam between 60 and 69 years old died during the third week of September from the mosquito-borne illness.
According to DPH, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that EEE is also the cause for illness in a Colchester resident who became ill at the end of August.
That resident, who is between 40 and 49 years old, remains hospitalized and is the fourth person in Connecticut to become seriously ill from the virus this year.
“Sadly, this has been an unprecedented year for EEE activity in Connecticut,” Cartter said in a statement. “Before this year, we have had only one human case of EEE in Connecticut, and that was in 2013.”...
Third Connecticut Resident Dies From EEE, Fourth Person Hospitalized
By Nicole Leonard • 2 minutes ago
A third Connecticut resident has died from EEE, and another person has been diagnosed with the illness, state officials announced Tuesday.
Dr. Matthew Cartter, state epidemiologist of the Department of Public Health, said in a statement that a person from East Haddam between 60 and 69 years old died during the third week of September from the mosquito-borne illness.
According to DPH, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that EEE is also the cause for illness in a Colchester resident who became ill at the end of August.
That resident, who is between 40 and 49 years old, remains hospitalized and is the fourth person in Connecticut to become seriously ill from the virus this year.
“Sadly, this has been an unprecedented year for EEE activity in Connecticut,” Cartter said in a statement. “Before this year, we have had only one human case of EEE in Connecticut, and that was in 2013.”...