A Denver resident has West Nile virus, and the local health department urged the public to drain standing water and take other precautions.
The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment didn’t share any information about the person, who was the first in the city with a confirmed West Nile case this year.
Typically, only people with more severe illnesses get tested for West Nile, because most infected people either don’t get sick or have general flu-like symptoms. In the worst cases, the virus invades the nervous system, sometimes causing coma or death.