An 89-year-old Boulder County man has become the third person in Colorado to die from West Nile virus this year, state and county health officials said.
The elderly man reported he first became ill around July 5, according to Boulder County Public Health officials. He developed a brain infection as a result of the virus and died Aug. 9, county officials said.
“This is a very unfortunate reminder of just how potentially serious West Nile virus infection can be,” Heath Harmon, a Boulder County health official, said in a statement.
The Longmont Daily Times-Call identified the man as Morris Schulter of Longmont.
The two earlier deaths were in Denver – a 63-year-old who died Aug. 2 and a 77-year-old who became infected in late July and died Aug. 4. Their names were not released.
A total of 93 human cases of West Nile virus had been reported in Colorado as of Wednesday, health officials said.
