JACKSON, Miss. – This week, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) reports five new human cases of West Nile Virus, bringing the state total to 41 this year. The new cases were in Clarke, Hinds, Lauderdale, Monroe and Yazoo counties.
So far this year cases have been reported in Bolivar, Clarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest (4), Hinds (8), Humphreys (2), Jones, Lauderdale, Leake, Leflore, Lincoln (2), Lowndes, Madison (4), Monroe, Noxubee, Perry, Rankin (6), Scott, Wilkinson, and Yazoo counties. Two deaths have been reported in Forrest and Humphreys counties.
