West Nile Infects Noble, Elkhart, Allen County Residents

State health officials announced this afternoon that 16 new patients in Noble, Elkhart, Allen and four other counties have been infected with the West Nile virus. The remaining counties with new human cases are Lake, Blackford, Clinton and LaPorte Counties. According to a news release, West Nile virus has been identified in 66 counties in Indiana so far in 2006, with a total of 30 human cases.