WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Lake County, Illinois is reporting its first human cases of West Nile virus this year.
The Lake County Health Department says there are two confirmed cases: one in Round Lake, and one in Waukegan.
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Health officials said West Nile Virus is now at its peak and people should still take precautions to avoid mosquito bites.
West Nile virus is transmitted by a bite from a mosquito that has caught the virus by feeding on an infected bird.
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