The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed Louisiana’s first human case of West Nile virus this year in an individual from Livingston Parish. The person was hospitalized due to complications from the infection. No further information about the patient will be released, according to LDH.

Louisiana has had its first confirmed human case of the West Nile Virus this year. We don’t know much about the patients, but we do know they are from Livingston Parish, and they are hospitalized tonight.

Now the Louisiana Department of Health confirms the first human case of West Nile virus. This case was confirmed in an individual from Livingston Parish who had to be rushed to the hospital because of complications. No other details about the age of the patient will be released.