11 mosquito samples test positive for West Nile virus in Mecca
Eleven samples of mosquitoes tested Thursday in the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District laboratory are positive for West Nile virus (WVN), bringing the total number of WNV-positive mosquito samples in the Coachella Valley to 37 this year, according to health officials.
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The samples included more than 500 mosquitoes from six traps in Mecca along Lincoln Street between 63rd Avenue and 5th Street. This comes after two weeks of steady positive results for virus in nearly three dozen samples in the same vicinity.
At this same time last year, only eight mosquito samples had tested positive for the virus in the entire Coachella Valley.
In an effort to reduce the number of mosquitoes and interrupt the spread of the virus, the district will start truck-mounted ultra-low volume (ULV) applications in residential areas where the mosquitoes were trapped between Lincoln Street, 62nd Avenue, Johnson Street, and 66th avenue.
Applications are scheduled Saturday through Wednesday, June 24-28 between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., weather permitting.
District staff have posted disease notification and ULV signs in the area and continue enhanced mosquito surveillance and control as necessary to reduce the number of mosquitoes.
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