During the warmest months of the year, the Ministry of Health assigns a weekly West Nile Virus (WNV) risk rating to each health region in the province.

The map shows generalized levels of risk. Risk may vary in localized areas.

Regardless of the risk rating for your region, remember that there is no such thing as "risk-free".  If you can be bitten by a mosquito, you can contract West Nile Virus.

Source:  Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Population Health Branch

The risk of becoming seriously ill is low in children, but increases with age and with levels of virus circulating in the Culex tarsalis mosquito population. The risk tends to peak in Saskatchewan during July, August and early September, following extended periods of warm weather. See Awareness and Prevention in Related Links, below.

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