State reports West Nile Virus confirmed in Lynn County TAHOKA – A Lynn County resident has been diagnosed with West Nile Virus (WNV), the first such case in this county investigated in 2019, according to a statement issued by the Texas Department of State Health Services Zoonosis Control Program on Oct. 17. County officials were notified last week of the case. Mandy Graves, Director of Nurses for Lynn County Hospital District, and the Lynn County Infection Control Officer, told The News that the Lynn County WNV case did not come through Lynn County Hospital for treatment, and that the male diagnosed with ...