Two Queens residents have tested positive for West Nile virus, New York City health officials announced Friday. One patient was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease and is currently hospitalized with a brain infection. The other was briefly hospitalized with West Nile fever and has since been released.

A Queens resident has been hospitalized with encephalitis, a brain infection, after contracting West Nile virus through a mosquito bite, city health officials said Friday while announcing the first human cases of the virus for the 2025 season.

A handful of cases of West Nile Virus in New York City and Yonkers has sparked concern in the rivertowns. Last week, the New York City Health Department reports that two Queens residents were infected,