Galveston County health officials have reported a case of neuroinvasive West Nile virus in a local resident. The individual is currently hospitalized. Health officials indicate that the resident had been outside of the county during the incubation period, with what they term "travel exposures".
Further information on this case is available from Galveston County health officials, who have confirmed this as the first West Nile virus case in the county in 2026.
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