One of the two was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease and being treated in a hospital for encephalitis, New York City health officials said.

Two Queens residents have tested positive for West Nile virus, New York City health officials announced Friday. One patient was diagnosed with West Nile neuroinvasive disease and is currently hospitalized with a brain infection. The other was briefly hospitalized with West Nile fever and has since been released.

Concerns over the West Nile virus continue to grow, as the first human cases in New York City were reported last week, according to city health officials. The New York City Health Department said both cases were in residents from Queens,