West Nile virus - human cases compared to previous seasons, 2 August 2023

Since last week’s update, and as of 2 August 2023, European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported 36 human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and 3 deaths related to WNV infections. Cases were reported by Italy (25), Greece (8) and France (3). Deaths were reported by Greece (2) and Italy (1). EU-neighbouring countries did not report any human cases of WNV infection.
This week, among the reporting countries, the following NUTS 3 regions have reported autochthonous human cases of WNV infection for the first time since the start of this season: Imathia, Pella and Larisa in Greece, Gironde in France, Novara, Cremona, Mantova, Modena, Torino, Pavia, Lodi, Milano, Verona, Piacenza, Reggio nell’Emilia, Bologna and Ravenna in Italy.