West Nile virus - human cases, 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).