A person in New York has died from eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE. This was the first person to be diagnosed with the illness in the state in nearly a decade. As a result, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared EEE to be a public health threat.

A woman has died after being bitten by a mosquito in New York. She became the first person to die from eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in the state in nearly a decade, prompting the governor to declare an imminent public health threat.

The rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness known as Eastern equine encephalitis was identified in New York for the first time in over a decade last week and the person who contracted it has since died from the virus, the state’s governor announced Monday, making them the second person to die from the infection this season.