CANTON, Ohio (WJW) — In advance of a Fourth of July holiday weekend, people across the area were already getting outside on Thursday to enjoy the sunshine and comfortable temperatures.
But the wet spring and early summer have also been good for mosquitos, and the Ohio Department of Health said West Nile virus has already been confirmed in mosquito sampling across the area.
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Lorain, Lake, Portage, Delaware and Montgomery counties each had one pool test positive. Stark County had two pools, Summit County had four and Franklin County had eight.
“So part of the mosquito’s life cycle is that they lay their eggs in stagnant water. It needs to be organic, rich — so, tires, bird baths, things like that. And even natural pools,” said Gus Dria of the City of Canton’s health department…