Overview

• State health officials said Friday a Beaufort County resident died from EEE, the first reported human case since 2020 and the first death since 2003.
• Beaufort County Mosquito Control conducted multiple truck spray missions and plans helicopter applications to increase coverage.
• County teams set traps for virus testing, and no EEE-positive mosquitoes have been found near the case location so far this year.
• Earlier this summer, 10 EEE-positive horses were confirmed in Aiken, Colleton, Horry, Jasper, Orangeburg, and Sumter counties.
• EEE is transmitted by mosquito bites, not person to person, and severe illness carries about a 30% fatality rate with no human vaccine or specific treatment.