NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — The City of New Bedford said that West Nile virus was detected in a mosquito sample collected from the area of Oak Grove Cemetery.

The sample was collected from a “primarily bird-biting mosquito.”

The city said that the Bristol County Mosquito Project conducted additional targeted ground-spraying early Thursday morning in the Oak Grove Cemetery area.

“The spraying will supplement the county’s normal weekly ground-spraying, which occurs seasonally from early June through September and targets parks and other locations that host large public events,” the city said in an alert. “Weekly sprayings occur every Thursday during the summer between 2 a.m. and sunrise, in locations around Buttonwood Park, Brooklawn Park, Fort Taber, Hazelwood Park, Riverside Park, Clas

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