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Updated · KTRK-TV · Aug 21Montgomery County Reports 1st West Nile Death of 2026 After 90-Year-Old Woman Dies
3 articles · Updated · KTRK-TV · Aug 21Summary
- A 90-year-old woman in Montgomery County died after contracting neuroinvasive West Nile virus, marking the county’s first virus-related death of 2026.
- County health officials said she lived in ZIP code 77304 and confirmed the fatal case in a public statement.
- West Nile cases have already been reported across Southeast Texas, including in Brazoria, Harris, Galveston and Fort Bend counties.
- The death adds to a wider Texas outbreak after state officials earlier confirmed the first 2026 West Nile case in Harris County.
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With a deadly West Nile strain active, why are some Texas counties spraying while others only monitor? Could your own backyard be harboring the fatal virus that just claimed a Montgomery County resident? What hidden environmental factors caused this year's mosquito season to turn unusually severe and claim a life?