State health officials on Friday announced two new human cases of West Nile virus in Massachusetts this year.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), one case involves a woman in her 60s who was exposed to the mosquito-borne illness in Middlesex County. The second case involves a man in his 50s who was exposed in Suffolk County. These bring the total number of confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus this season to eight.

On Friday, public health officials elevated the West Nile virus risk to high in Arlington, Chelsea, Medford, and Waltham, increasing the total number of high-risk communities across Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, and Worcester counties to 47.

An additional 210 cities and towns in Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire,

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