The Region of Waterloo is reporting the year’s first confirmed cases of the West Nile virus. According to public health, the two cases were both acquired locally from infected mosquitos.

Seven cases of West Nile virus have been identified in Georgia this year, with health officials calling the threat a "moderate concern."

York Region Public Health confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, urging residents to take precautions against mosquito bites. The region received laboratory confirmation of a positive test for an individual in Vaughan.

For the first time in six years, Region of Waterloo Public Health confirms two cases of West Nile virus following a hot, wet summer.

Niagarans are being warned to take precautions after the first two local human cases of West Nile virus this year were confirmed. While Niagara Region Public Health issued a media release Wednesday warning about the laboratory-confirmed infection, Public Health Ontario on its website lists the region as having two human cases.

York Region has reported its first human case of West Nile this year, with someone in Vaughan testing positive for the virus.

Until the first frost of fall arrives, residents should remove standing water sources where mosquitoes can breed,” Peel Public Health said in confirming the region’s first reported human case of the virus on Friday.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that West Nile virus was detected in a Maine resident.