in New York City

The city recorded its highest number of infected mosquitoes at 1,068 positive pools across the five boroughs compared to 779 at this time last year, according to the health department. 

The New York City Health Department announced on Tuesday that the West Nile virus had been detected in two people, one in Brooklyn and another in Queens, as well as in a “record number” of infected mosquitoes throughout the city.

A total of 54 cases and four deaths have been reported throughout the country this year, according to the health department’s announcement.

In New York, the number of mosquito pools that tested positive for West Nile virus is the “highest number ever recorded” at 1,068 across the five boroughs, compared to 779 positive pools this time last year, the health department said.