Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District workers were out with their spray equipment Friday evening in Oakley after two groups of mosquitoes there tested positive for West Nile virus, the district said.

In addition to the mosquitoes, four dead birds have tested positive for the virus and antibodies were detected in five sentinel chickens, the agency said in a news release.

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