West Nile Virus Has Now Infected 10 People in NYC

The New York City Department of Health (DOH) updated its online tally of the summer’s West Nile Virus infections to 10 on Friday — up from just three the day before.

Two of the cases were in Staten Island, four were in Queens and four were in Brooklyn, the tally says.

DNAinfo was first to notice the quiet bombshell on the DOH website, and asked the department what was up.

“[W]e sent out a press release for the first West Nile virus case of the season,” a department spokeswoman told DNAinfo. “Other cases are posted on our website. We can’t get more specific than borough.”

Patch has reached out to city health officials for more information.

In August, the DOH announced that a male Brooklyn resident over the age of 60 had been diagnosed with West Nile virus — the first confirmed case in the city this summer.

The man tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus after he was ”hospitalized with viral meningitis,” the DOH said at the time.

So far this summer, the DOH has sprayed 24 rounds of anti-West Nile pesticides in neighborhoods throughout New York City, including two rounds in Brooklyn.

A map released by the DOH on Sept. 10 shows all the Brooklyn zip codes where “West Nile virus activity” has been recently detected: 11201, 11206, 11208, 11214, 11215, 11218, 11220, 11228, 11232, 11234, 11236 and 11238.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.