DENVER ( KDVR) — The first human death of West Nile virus this year in Colorado was confirmed on Friday. In a press release to FOX31, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Boulder County Public Health said that the death was of an adult in Lafayette.

An adult in Lafayette is the first human death of West Nile virus in Colorado this year, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

West Nile virus is making headlines in Colorado as cases rise, culminating in the state's first related death this year, a wake-up call for residents to stay vigilant against mosquitoes.