The first human case of Eastern equine encephalitis claimed the life of a Norfolk County resident, said state health officials, according to a report in the Boston Herald.
The 85-year-old Weymouth woman went to the hospital in the middle of August and then died several days later.
The question officials are investigating is where the woman was when she was infected.
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