West Nile virus in Europe in 2022 - human cases compared to previous seasons, updated 3 August 2022

Since the beginning of the 2022 transmission season and as of 3 August 2022, EU/EEA countries have reported 120 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (94), Greece (23), Romania (2) and Slovakia (1) and 7 deaths, all in Italy. EU-neighbouring countries have reported 23 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (23) and one death in Serbia.