UPDATE:
Robert Weymouth of Topsham died Sunday from complications due to a very rare tick-borne illness: the Powassan virus. https://t.co/5BylWQ3M12
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) May 19, 2023
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Maine CDC says the first recorded case and death from Powassan virus in Maine this year is a Sagadahoc County resident. Maine has only recorded 15 cases of the Powassan virus since 2015.
The adult victim developed neurologic symptoms and died in the hospital.
People can be infected through the bite of an infected deer tick or woodchuck tick.
#BREAKING: The Maine CDC says a Sagadahoc County resident has died of Powassan virus disease: https://t.co/3xrBe3LGTq
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) May 17, 2023
