Michael Howie

VALPARAISO — The Indiana Department of Health identified mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus in Porter County, the health department confirmed Tuesday. Residents are urged to adopt preventative measures to minimize exposure when outdoors.

Eight of the county's 40 mosquito testing pools — the latter of which contains nearly 1,500 mosquitoes — tested positive for the virus, according to data from the Indiana Department of Health.

In late July, officials confirmed the presence of West Nile virus in Lake County's mosquito population — as of Tuesday, nine of that county's 82 pools have tested positive.

The virus is present in 78 counties in Indiana, data show.

To date, only five people in the state have been infected by the West Nile virus, none living in Northwest Ind

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