The virus was found in mosquito samples collected in Bristol and East Providence in July, according to the state Department of Environmental Management.

Rhode Island’s second case of West Nile Virus this year was found in a mosquito sample collected in Bristol, state health and environment officials said Thursday. A mosquito sample collected on July 28 by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management later tested positive for West Nile Virus at the state laboratory in Providence.

In humans, EEE can often be deadly, and in Massachusetts about half of people identified with EEE have died from the infection, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. West Nile virus,

Mosquitoes collected from 21 different towns and cities in Connecticut have tested positive for West Nile virus so far this year, officials say. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station said in a news release Thursday it has detected WNV-infected mosquitoes in 21 towns.

The risk level for mosquito-borne illness in Rhode Island is now "medium" after a mosquito from Bristol tested positive, the DEM said.