Three new mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Atlantic County Division of Public Health. The samples were collected earlier this week from Pleasant Avenue in Hammonton, Mill Run Drive in Hammonton and Smith Bowen Road in Galloway. All were confirmed on September 27. West Nile virus was previously confirmed in a samples collected from Absecon, Buena Borough, Buena Vista Township, Corbin City, Egg Harbor City, Linwood, Northfield and Pleasantville. There are no reported human cases of the virus at this time, according to county health officials.
Mosquito ground sprays were conducted by the county earlier this month in portions of Absecon, Pleasantville, Linwood and Somers Point and aerial sprays were performed in August in portions of Galloway and Port Republic.