@abc7la: Los Angeles County health officials were urging residents Friday to take precautions against mosquito bites following confirmation of the county's first West Nile virus death of the year amid elevated virus activity statewide. The person who died was a San Fernando Valley resident who was hospitalized with neurological illness caused by severe West Nile virus, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. https://abc7.la/pPFewW