An Ulster County resident who was the county’s first and only victim of Eastern equine encephalitis has died, the county executive’s office confirmed Monday. The

First case of eastern equine encephalitis or EEE in nearly a decade has been detected in New York. The health department of the state has given a confirmation based on the detection of a rare mosquito-borne virus detected in Ulster County.

An Ulster County resident has tested positive for the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus, health officials say.