A third person has died of a rare mosquito-borne illness in the United States

At least three people have died in the United States after contracting the fatal mosquito-borne illness Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) this year.

The Rhode Island Department of Health announced the death of an adult in their 50s from West Warwick on Monday. It's the state's first human case since 2010 and the first fatal case since 2007, according to a press release from the agency.The individual died in Rhode Island on Sunday only nine days after the state announced the confirmed case. They were the second person to die within a week in the United States from the rare disease.

A horse in Westerly, Rhode Island was diagnosed with EEE and two mosquitoes carrying the disease have been detected have occurred in Central Falls, with two others in Westerly. It added that mosquitoes carrying EEE have been identified in Massachusetts and Connecticut this year, some in areas that border Rhode Island.

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