Greece reports 110 West Nile virus infections and nine deaths

Greece's public health agency reported 110 West Nile virus infections and nine deaths in 2026. The total includes 45 new cases in one week. Authorities increased mosquito control measures in the Athens metropolitan area. The figures are infections and deaths, not a projection.

West Nile virus is an infection spread by mosquitoes, which is why the response described is mosquito control. The report does not claim person-to-person spread as the driver. It ties the new measures to the Athens area. The national counts are 110 infections and nine deaths.

Forty-five new cases in one week are part of the 110, not an extra 45 on top of a different total, as the report presents the 110 as the 2026 count including that weekly addition. The death count is nine. No ages of the dead are given.

The Athens metropolitan area is the place where control measures were increased. The report does not say every case was in Athens. It identifies that urban region for the mosquito response. Other regions are not listed.

No vaccine campaign is described in this note. No hospital-capacity figure is given. The public action on record is increased mosquito control. The epidemiological record is 110 infections, nine deaths, and 45 cases in the latest week.

The count is for 2026 up to this report, not for a single day. A weekly jump of 45 cases shows the pace late in the period covered. The agency does not declare the outbreak over. The confirmed health facts are those case, death, and response details.