A person who contracted Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or Triple E, in New York York State died, according to New York State Governor Kathy Hochul. The governor’s office said this is the first reported case of the virus in New York State since 2015.

New York state announced Monday that someone in Ulster County has died from eastern equine encephalitis​, or EEE.

New York's first person to contract Eastern equine encephalitis -- or EEE -- in almost a decade has died, the governor's office announced Monday as the state declared the virus an "imminent threat to public health.

New York officials are sounding the alarm on a rare, but severe, viral disease that recently claimed the life of an Ulster County resident. On Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced statewide public health actions in response to the first human case of eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in New York since 2015.