Tests conducted by the state health laboratories revealed one positive finding of Eastern equine encephalitis — the rare but potentially deadly disease known as EEE — and one positive finding of West Nile Virus from the same sample collected in Cumberland, according to a statement from the Department of Environmental Management.

Two cases of West Nile virus have been reported in human patients in the city of Milwaukee. They are the first human cases reported this year in Milwaukee. At least eight other confirmed or probable cases in humans were reported elsewhere in Wisconsin as of Sept.

Connecticut officials say residents should take steps to prevent mosquito bites because of West Nile Virus and EEE until the first hard frost.