West Nile virus: season death tally reaches 55, with no newly confirmed case in the latest week
EODY’s 12 November report records 462 domestic cases since the start of the 2026 season. Fourteen patients remain in hospital, including seven in intensive care.
The recorded number of deaths in patients with West Nile virus infection since the start of the 2026 transmission season has reached 55, according to the new weekly report from Greece’s National Public Health Organization, EODY. The corresponding cumulative figure in the 5 November report was 53. The latest figures cover data up to 11:00 on 12 November; the total does not mean that 55 deaths occurred during the latest week.
The cumulative number of laboratory-diagnosed and reported domestic cases remains 462. Of these, 291 involved manifestations affecting the central nervous system, while 171 involved mild illness or no central nervous system manifestations. No new case was diagnosed or confirmed during the latest week, compared with five new diagnoses or confirmations recorded in the preceding report.
Fourteen patients were in hospital on 12 November: seven in ordinary wards and seven in intensive care units. A week earlier, 17 patients were hospitalized, including nine in intensive care. A total of 356 patients have been discharged and 36 did not require hospitalization. One additional death in a patient with a diagnosed infection was attributed to another cause and is excluded from the tally of 55.
The figures describe surveillance during the 2026 season and are not an estimate of all infections in the population. EODY says laboratory investigations are still pending for some patients, who are not yet included in the totals. The absence of a newly confirmed case during the latest week does not, by itself, establish that transmission has ended.
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