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Human Case Of Locally Acquired West Nile Virus Confirmed In Sarasota County
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 23, 4:10 PM EDT
updated Oct 23, 4:19 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WFLA (NBC 8) and WTSP, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Sarasota County reports locally acquired West Nile virus case · WTSPOct 23, 4:10 PM EDT
Human case of locally acquired West Nile virus confirmed in Sarasota County · WFLA (NBC 8)Oct 23, 4:19 PM EDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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Sarasota County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.
How We Decided
Oct 23, 4:48 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.