The Ohio Department of Health confirmed on Wednesday that the state’s first fatal West Nile virus human case took place in Williams County. A 91-year-old Williams County man, whose name has not been released, was hospitalized with encephalitis. So far this year, there have been eight reported human cases of West Nile Virus in Ohio in six counties including Williams, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Lucas and Lorain Counties. Ohio reported 11 human West Nile Virus cases in 2014, 24 in 2013 and 122 in 2012.
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