Third West Nile case of year

A third human case of West Nile has appeared in DeKalb County. The victim is a 54-year-old Stone Mountain man. Two other cases have appeared in Johnson County and Gwinnett County. West Nile is carried by mosquitoes and most cases occur in late summer and early fall.

This year's first West Nile cases confirmed

Georgia has its first two human cases of West Nile virus of the year. A 57-year-old in Gwinnett County near Atlanta … and a 52-year-old in Johnson County east of Macon. People get West Nile from infected mosquitoes, although most people don’t get sick. Last year there were nine known cases in Georgia, including one death.