The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced the second human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in the state this year.

The individual is a male in his 70s who was exposed to the virus in Suffolk County in an area already known to be at moderate risk. The risk of human infection with WNV is moderate to high in the Greater Boston area. 

As a result of this new finding, the risk level <https://www.mass.gov/doc/key-to-color-coding-on-wnv-risk-map/download> for Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville is being raised from moderate to high <