The Associated Press | Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:00 pm
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PIERRE - South Dakota health officials are reporting the
state's sixth West Nile virus death of the year.
A Hutchinson County resident between the ages of 80 and 89
died.
Previous West Nile deaths were in Brown, Hand, Lake,
Pennington and Todd counties. All but one of the victims were in
the 80-to-89 age group.
South Dakota had 113 human infections and three deaths in
2006.
