West Nile virus - human cases compared to previous seasons, 18 October 2023

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 18 October 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 661 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (313), Greece (161, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Romania (92), France (36), Hungary (29), Spain (14), Croatia (6), Cyprus (5) and Germany (5). EU/EEA countries have reported 53 deaths in Greece (20), Italy (20), Romania (11) and Spain (2). EU-neighbouring countries have reported 90 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (89) and North Macedonia (1) and 2 deaths in Serbia.