ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas - Two people are currently receiving treatment after they were bitten by a rabid fox late last week, according to the Atascosa County Animal Control Department.

The two were bitten from the fox on June 19 in the 6300 block of State Highway 97, which is located in the Pleasanton area of Atascosa County.

Four days after the incident, the Atascosa County Animal Control Department and the Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the fox is rabid.