At
least
5
people
have
died,
and
61
have
been
infected
with
West
Nile
virus
in
Arizona
this
year,
according
to
CDC
data.
That
is
more
cases
than
any
other
state
in
the
country.
Federal
officials
call
this
the
worst
early-season
surge
in
more
than
20
years.
Maricopa
County
accounts
for
the
vast
majority
of
infections,
with
47
cases
and
the
state’s
5
deaths
through
the
week
of
July
24,
according
to
the
county’s
mosquito-borne
diseases
page.
At
the
same
point
last
year,
the
county
had
reported
24
cases
and
2
deaths.