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Two more West Nile deaths reported in Ontario; bring total to four
Original Publication Date: September 28, 2012 10:46AM
Publication Updated: January 9, 2025 4:42AM
TORONTO – Two more West Nile virus deaths have being reported in Ontario, bringing the number of deaths in the province attributed to the virus in 2012 to four.
The health department in Durham Region east of Toronto says it has documented seven cases of West Nile so far this year _ three confirmed and four probable _ including the two deaths.
On Thursday, Ontario public health officials confirmed two people died after contracting the West Nile virus.
Health officials attributed the deaths of a 71-year-old man in Windsor-Essex County in southwestern Ontario, and a 74-year-old Toronto man to the virus.
Public Health Ontario says there have been 220 confirmed and probable cases of West Nile in the province as of Sept. 25.
The only year Ontario had more cases was in 2002 _ the first year West Nile virus cases were reported in Canada; that year there were 394 human cases.
(680News)
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