The first case of West Nile virus in Michigan this year was recently detected in a Livingston County resident, the state health department reported Friday.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has not released information about the patient's identity, including their name, age, gender or hometown. The department said mosquitoes carrying West Nile have been found this year in Bay, Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Midland, Saginaw, Tuscola and Wayne counties.

Health experts are urging residents to take precautions to prevent bug bites as mosquito season peaks in August and into September.

“It only takes one bite from an infected mosquito to cause a severe illness," Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive for the MDHHS, said in a statement. "Use insect repellent and wearin

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