Hill County reports first confirmed human West Nile virus case

With West Nile virus season in full swing and the first confirmed case recorded in Hill County this week — the same week the first West Nile-caused death was reported in the state — people are urged to take precautions and do what they can to reduce the number of mosquitoes in the area.

The Hill County Health Department reported in a press release that as of Aug. 29, 19 human cases of the virus have been confirmed in Montana.

The Associated Press reports that an elderly man died from the virus in Billings, the first West Nile-caused death in Montana since 2016, when two people died from the vi...