(Springfield, IL) — Illinois health officials say a Kankakee County man is the first victim of the West Nile virus in 2017. The Illinois Department of Public Health yesterday announced that the man who died earlier this month is the first person to die from the virus in the state this year. Illinois is actually seeing a light year for West Nile. Just 37 people are or have been sick with the virus, while last year the state saw 155 cases and six deaths.
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Benjamin Yount/acb IL)
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