The West Nile Virus has been detected in Cathedral City and Indian Wells
MGN The Mosquito carrying disease, West Nile Virus has now been detected in our very own Coachella Valley. The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector...
MGN The Mosquito carrying disease, West Nile Virus has now been detected in our very own Coachella Valley. The Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District for the first time this year collected mosquito traps from Cathedral City near Date Palm Drive and 33rd Avenue and Indian Wells near Vintage Drive and Wren Drive. In these collections the District detected the mosquito borne virus in 153 samples they took. In total this year the state of California has reported 153 cases of people contracting the West Nile Virus and Riverside County has reported 8 cases but none in the Coachella Valley.