West Nile virus - human cases compared to previous seasons, 27 September 2023

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 27 September 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 564 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (280), Greece (143, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Romania (63), France (32), Hungary (27), Spain (8, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Croatia (6), Germany (4) and Cyprus (1). EU/EEA countries have reported 46 deaths in Greece (19), Italy (17), Romania (9) and Spain (1). EU-neighbouring countries have reported 83 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (82) and North Macedonia (1). No deaths related to WNV infections were reported by EU-neighbouring countries.