As of today, the cumulative number of STEC O104:H4 cases in the EU/EEA is 3 848. This includes 763 HUS STEC cases and 3 085 non-HUS STEC cases. In total, 44 infected persons have died, of which 28 were HUS STEC cases and 16 were non-HUS STEC cases. The table below shows the distribution of cumulative probable and confirmed STEC cases per country.

In Germany, since the last update, one HUS STEC case and eight non-HUS STEC cases have been reported. Within the last 10 days (3 July – 12 July), three HUS STEC cases and nine non-HUS STEC cases fell ill. The last known date of illness onset in a patient with confirmed STEC O104 was 1 July 2011. The last reported date of illness onset among all cases was 4 July 2011. A link to the daily update from the Robert Koch Institute is provided below.

The ECDC Rapid Risk Assessment has been updated on 8 July and has now been published on the ECDC website (link provided below).

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See list of all epidemiological updates, disease information 
ECDC Rapid Risk Assessment, updated on 8 July
EFSA Technical Report, published on 5 July
RKI Update on E. coli outbreak in Germany, published on 11 July

Table 1: Number of probable and confirmed HUS STEC and non-HUS STEC cases, as per the EU case definition, and associated deaths per EU/EEA Member State, 13 July 11:00

Member States	Number of HUS STEC cases (deaths)	Number of non-HUS STEC cases (deaths)
Austria	1 (0)	4 (0)
Czech Republic	0 (0)	1 (0)
Denmark	10 (0)	15 (0)
France	8 (0)*	3 (0)* 2 (0)**
Germany	715 (27)	3 009 (16)
Greece	0 (0)	1 (0)
Luxembourg	1 (0)	1 (0)
Netherlands	4 (0)	7 (0)
Norway	0 (0)	1 (0)
Poland	2 (0)	1 (0)
Spain	1 (0)	1 (0)
Sweden	18 (1)	35 (0)
The United Kingdom	3 (0)	4 (0)
TOTAL	763 (28)	3 085 (16)

Note: the numbers in this table represent the total number of cases reported at the European level (ECDC) so far. Although daily numbers of reported cases have steadily decreased in the last weeks, these cumulative numbers continue to rise due to reporting delays at the various levels.
Suspected cases (Germany: 146 HUS STEC (7 deaths), France: 5 non-HUS STEC) are not included.

* Cases reported from the outbreak in Bordeaux
** Cases reported earlier, linked to travel to Germany