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Montrose County West Nile virus death toll climbs to 3, prompting prevention reminders
By Katharhynn Heidelberg
Sep 8, 2022 Updated 8 min ago
Montrose County’s death toll from West Nile virus climbed to three over the weekend, with an older woman and man succumbing to encephalitis due to the infection.
The deceased were 83 and 76.
The deaths follow one in August, when a woman in her 50s with underlying medical conditions died because of the mosquito-borne disease.
Including the three deaths, 19 county residents have been infected with the virus, according to information available to Montrose County Communicable Disease Coordinator Lisa Gallegos as of Thursday.
There is no treatment specifically for West Nile virus, so health officials are urging the public to take steps to prevent the culex mosquito bite that can transmit the disease in the first place...
...The county’s case numbers account for 30% of the state’s total West Nile cases reported to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The caseload of 19 is only one away from the highest total here in the past decade, according to the county’s news release announcing the two recent deaths.
Gallegos said there are five known deaths due to West Nile in the state, meaning the local death toll accounts for more than half of the fatalities in Colorado.
One of the five deaths occurred in Delta County. According to reports in Denver-area media, the fifth death was in Adams County.
“There has been a concerning increase in the amount of West Nile virus cases,” Gallegos said in the news release...
Montrose County West Nile virus death toll climbs to 3, prompting prevention reminders
By Katharhynn Heidelberg
Sep 8, 2022 Updated 8 min ago
Montrose County’s death toll from West Nile virus climbed to three over the weekend, with an older woman and man succumbing to encephalitis due to the infection.
The deceased were 83 and 76.
The deaths follow one in August, when a woman in her 50s with underlying medical conditions died because of the mosquito-borne disease.
Including the three deaths, 19 county residents have been infected with the virus, according to information available to Montrose County Communicable Disease Coordinator Lisa Gallegos as of Thursday.
There is no treatment specifically for West Nile virus, so health officials are urging the public to take steps to prevent the culex mosquito bite that can transmit the disease in the first place...
...The county’s case numbers account for 30% of the state’s total West Nile cases reported to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The caseload of 19 is only one away from the highest total here in the past decade, according to the county’s news release announcing the two recent deaths.
Gallegos said there are five known deaths due to West Nile in the state, meaning the local death toll accounts for more than half of the fatalities in Colorado.
One of the five deaths occurred in Delta County. According to reports in Denver-area media, the fifth death was in Adams County.
“There has been a concerning increase in the amount of West Nile virus cases,” Gallegos said in the news release...