POSTED: 1:56 pm EDT August 29, 2007
Health officials in Indiana are reporting two more cases of the West Nile virus.
The two new cases bring a total of four that have been reported recently.
One case was reported in nearby Randolph County, which is near Winchester. The other three cases were reported in northwest Indiana in Lake County.
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There were 60 cases of West Nile virus reported in Indiana last year. Five of those cases resulted in death.
Mosquito biting a human.
According to city health officials in Hammond, Indiana, there have been two more cases of West Nile virus reported in humans. 

West Nile virus.West Nile virus' (WNV) is a virus of the family ''Flaviviridae''; part of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, and domestic rabbits. The main route of human infection is through the bite of an infected mosquito.

The two victims are former chief of police, Frank DuPey and a 67-year-old Hammond resident. Currently both patients are hospitalized with acute disease, according to Hammond Health Officer-Administrator Rodrigo Panares.