West Nile virus - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, 4 October 2023

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 4 October 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 599 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (295), Greece (153, of which 2 with unknown place of infection), Romania (68), France (33), Hungary (28), Spain (11), Croatia (6), Germany (4) and Cyprus (1). EU/EEA countries have reported 47 deaths in Greece (19), Italy (18), Romania (9) and Spain (1). EU-neighbouring countries have reported 85 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (84) and North Macedonia (1). No deaths related to WNV infections were reported by EU-neighbouring countries.

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season, 79 outbreaks among equids and 198 outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries. Outbreaks among equids have been reported by Spain (27), Hungary (23), Italy (12), France (10), Germany (6) and Portugal (1). Outbreaks among birds have been reported by Italy (154), Germany (18), Spain (14), Bulgaria (6), Hungary (3), France (2) and Greece (1).