West Nile Virus

All of this damp weather in Erie County isn’t just putting a damper on our last-minute summer plans - it's making it a prime time for mosquitos to breed - and some of them have been detected to have West Nile virus.

West Nile Virus has been detected in New York, in both mosquitoes and humans.

According to the Erie County Department of Health, the West Nile Virus was detected in mosquitos here in Erie County.