West Nile virus - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, 25 October 2023

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 25 October 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 673 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (313), Greece (161, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Romania (100), France (38), Hungary (29), Spain (15), Croatia (6), Cyprus (5), Germany (5) and Czechia (1). EU/EEA countries have reported 56 deaths in Greece (21), Italy (20), Romania (12) and Spain (3). EU-neighbouring countries have reported 91 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (90) and North Macedonia (1) and 2 deaths in Serbia (2).

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season, 128 outbreaks among equids and 231 outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries. Outbreaks among equids have been reported by France (36), Spain (32), Hungary (26), Italy (21), Germany (11), Austria (1) and Portugal (1). Outbreaks among birds have been reported by Italy (183), Germany (18), Spain (17), Bulgaria (6), Hungary (3), France (2), Austria (1) and Greece (1).