West Nile virus - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, 18 October 2023

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 18 October 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 661 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (313), Greece (161, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Romania (92), France (36), Hungary (29), Spain (14), Croatia (6), Cyprus (5) and Germany (5). EU/EEA countries have reported 53 deaths in Greece (20), Italy (20), Romania (11) and Spain (2). EU-neighbouring countries have reported 90 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (89) and North Macedonia (1) and 2 deaths in Serbia.

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season, 115 outbreaks among equids and 221 outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries. Outbreaks among equids have been reported by Spain (32), France (27), Hungary (26), Italy (18), Germany (10), Austria (1) and Portugal (1). Outbreaks among birds have been reported by Italy (173), Germany (18), Spain (17), Bulgaria (6), Hungary (3), France (2), Austria (1) and Greece (1).