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County health department reports mosquito West Nile positives, big electronics-recycling turnout and Crystal Lake renovation progress
Summary
McHenry County Department of Health reported 35 West Nile–positive mosquito batches from about 300 tested, nearly 600 participants at a county electronics recycling event, completion milestones on the Crystal Lake renovation and other operational updates.
McHenry County Department of Health officials gave several operational updates Oct. 20, including results from mosquito surveillance, a successful electronics-recycling event, construction progress on the Crystal Lake facility and program-level reports for cancer screening outreach.
Mosquito surveillance: Staff reported collecting about 300 mosquito batches for West Nile virus testing this year; 35 batches tested positive. The count is consistent with prior years, officials said, and staff said that variability tracks with weather and precipitation patterns.
Electronics recycling: The county held a final electronics recycling event of the season at the fairgrounds that drew nearly 600 participants, the department said. Organizers cautioned that traffic backups occurred at peak times…
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