Officials with the Kern County Public Health Department confirms the fifth case of West Nile Virus in Kern County.

The 5th case was confirmed in a 63 year-old female and was diagnosed in a Northwest Bakersfield residence.

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The female did not require to go to a hospital.

This is the fifth case of human West Nile Virus in Kern County this year

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