The South Dakota Department of Health confirmed South Dakota’s first two human West Nile virus (WNV) detections of the 2022 season, in residents of Minnehaha and Spink Counties. South Dakota has reported more than 2,681 human cases and 47 deaths since WNV was first reported in 2002. “West Nile Virus is an infection most commonly spread through mosquito bites,” said Dr. Joshua Clayton, state…