West Nile virus - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, 2 August 2023

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 2 August 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 41 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (26), Greece (11), France (3) and Hungary (1). EU/EEA countries have reported 3 deaths in Greece (2) and Italy (1). EU-neighbouring countries did not report any human cases of WNV infection.
Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 2 August 2023, 2 outbreaks among equids and 19 outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries. Outbreaks among equids have been reported by Spain (2). Outbreaks among birds have been reported by Italy (16) and Germany (3).