SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. – Three residents in Snohomish County have been exposed to a bat that tested positive for rabies, the first bat rabies case in the county since 2023.
The case was recorded last week. The exposures mark the first with a confirmed infected bat in Snohomish County since 2023, according to Snohomish County Health.
Agency leaders say bats are the only known natural carriers, and those who would get infected would get it from a scratch or bite from one, most likely. In other words, there is no threat to the public at the time.
In 10 years, there have been six bats that tested positive for rabies in the region. …