A mosquito sample collected from 10th & Duerer Street in Egg Harbor City has been confirmed positive for West Nile virus.
The sample was collected on July 19 by the Atlantic County Office of Mosquito Control and confirmed positive on July 26. County public health and mosquito control officials are conducting mosquito surveillance and implementing additional control measures.
This is the second positive sample collected in the county this year. The first was found in Northfield earlier this month. There are no reported human cases of the virus at this time, according to county health officials.