West Nile virus - human cases compared to previous seasons, 1 November 2023

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 1 November 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 680 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (319), Greece (161, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Romania (100), France (38), Hungary (29), Spain (16), Germany (6), Croatia (6) and Cyprus (5). EU/EEA countries have reported 58 deaths in Greece (22), Italy (21), 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).