(KLZA)--The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services reports 47 cases of mosquito-borne West Nile virus have been reported in the state so far this season, but no deaths have been reported and no cases have been reported in equines or birds.
No cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in Richardson, Pawnee, Nemaha, Johnson or Otoe counties in extreme Southeast Nebraska.
So far 84 of the 1,137 mosquito pools tested for West Nile Virus in the sate have been positive. That is 7.4% of the total.
The Health Department says statewide the risk of West Nile Virus is moderate.
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