First West Nile Virus Case Reported

By Associated Press

Published August 22, 2013 at 10:33 AM EDT

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State Health officials say a Cleveland area woman has been hospitalized with Ohio's first case of the West Nile virus this year. Officials say the 72-year-old woman has meningitis. Last year, Ohio recorded 121 cases of West Nile Virus, with seven deaths.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.

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