Two Queens residents have tested positive for West Nile virus, New York City health officials announced Friday. One patient was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease and is currently hospitalized with a brain infection. The other was briefly hospitalized with West Nile fever and has since been released.

NYC reports its first human West Nile virus cases of the season, with two individuals from Queens testing positive.

A second human case of West Nile virus has been reported in New Orleans this year, and health officials warn it may not be the last.