CONFIRMED. JEN. MARIA PLYMOUTH COUNTY IS TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO HELP PREVENT MORE INFECTIONS HERE. AND THAT INCLUDES MAKING RESTRICTIONS TO PARKS AND TO SPORTS OUTDOORS. WHEN IT'S BUGGIER. THAT DOES INCLUDE CHANGES TO ATHLETICS. TONIGHT, PLYMOUTH COUNTY REPORTING ITS FIRST HUMAN CASE OF EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS. A WOMAN IN HER 30S TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESS. THE SECOND TRIPLE-E PATIENT IN MASSACHUSETTS. IT'S REALLY MAKE US TO THINK MORE ABOUT TO BE, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF THIS AND BE MORE CAREFUL. A HORSE IN TOWN ALSO TESTING POSITIVE FOR TRIPLE E PLYMOUTH. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY BOTH WERE INFECTED BEFORE PLANES STARTED SPRAYING THE REGION THIS WEEK TO KILL MOSQUITOES. THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE OUT MORE IN THE DUSK TO DAWN KIND OF THING, BUT USUALLY I SEE THEM AROUND ALL ALL TIMES OF DAY AND NIGHT. THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH NOW CLOSING PARKS AT DUSK TO PREVENT INFECTIONS AND DIRECTING SCHOOL SPORTS TO BEGIN EARLIER SWABBING FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS FOR A 4 P.M. KICKOFF. SEVERAL PARENTS TELLING NEWSCENTER FIVE THEY STILL WANT THE NIGHT GAMES. IT'S A PRETTY BIG TRADITION HERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. I THINK THE TOWN SHOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS, THEN DO SO. BUT TO TRY TO PENALIZE EVERYONE AS A WHOLE, I JUST THINK IT'S WRONG. TRIPLE E IS RARE, WITH ABOUT 30% OF PEOPLE INFECTED DYING SURVIVORS MAY HAVE NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS. AN 80 YEAR OLD MAN IN WORCESTER COUNTY WAS THE STATE'S FIRST HUMAN CASE OF TRIPLE E SINCE 2020. THE FIRST HORSE TO BE INFECTED IN MASSACHUSETTS HAS DIED, ACCORDING TO MIDDLEBOROUGH HEALTH OFFICIALS. IT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN. DEFINITELY. AND IF TRIPLE E ISN'T ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING TONIGHT TWO MORE CASES OF WEST NILE VIRUS, ONE IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, ONE IN NORFOLK COUNTY. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO FOUR.