The eighth confirmed human case of EEE in Massachusetts has been diagnosed in a man from northeastern Bristol County, according to a release from the Mass. Department of Public Health.
The victim is a man in his 50s. In addition to the human cases, there have been eight confirmed cases of EEE in animals in the state this year. A Middlesex County man was also diagnosed with West Nile Virus earlier this week.
There are now 35 communities at critical-risk level for EEE, with 38 others at high risk and 120 at moderate-risk level. The virus has been diagnosed in 414 mosquito samples this year, many of which are capable of spreading it to humans.
In addition to the 414, 72 mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile Virus.