A 77-year-old man from Bernalillo County has tested positive for the plague — the second reported case this year — state health officials announced Wednesday.

The case comes a month after a 43-year-old Valencia County man contracted the plague following a camping trip in Rio Arriba County. Both men were hospitalized and later released, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.

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