A Valencia County resident who was hospitalized and discharged marks New Mexico's first confirmed case of West Nile virus illness this year, state health officials reported Thursday.

The mosquito-borne illness also has been confirmed this year in three horses in New Mexico — two in Lea County and one in Eddy County, New Mexico Department of Health officials said.

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