West Nile fever in Europe in 2018 - human and equine cases; updated 5 October

Between 28 September and 4 October 2018, EU Member States reported 50 human West Nile virus infections in Greece (22), Romania (19), Hungary (7), Bulgaria (1) and the Czech Republic (1). EU neighbouring countries reported 30 cases, all in Serbia.
In three areas, human cases were reported for the first time: Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (1) and Serbia (1). All other human cases were reported from areas that have been affected during previous transmission seasons.
This week, 18 deaths were reported by Greece (8), Romania (6), Serbia (3) and the Czech Republic (1).

In the same week, 21 outbreaks among equids were reported by Italy (13), Greece (3), France (3), Hungary (1) and Slovenia (1).