https://www.ourtownny.com/news/manhattan-resident-is-1st-west-nile-virus-case-in-city-this-year-FJ6128412 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-08-24T03:16:06-04:00 Manhattan Resident is 1st West Nile Virus Case in City This Year https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-08-22-at-10-39-33-pm_4-11025427_20260822224037.png An Aug. 21 map displaying positive detections of West Nile virus in mosquitoes across the five boroughs. The first positive case of the virus in a human this year was detected in Manhattan. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/west-nile-virus_4-11030574_20260824022814.jpg In this photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a female Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito, also known as the southern house mosquito, sits on a person’s skin before taking a blood meal.