West Nile virus cases rise to 160

The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) announced a total of 160 confirmed cases of the West Nile virus and 14 virus-related deaths in Greece on Tuesday. A total of 98 cases displayed symptoms affecting their central nervous system (encephalitis, meningitis, and others) while 62 had mild symptoms or no symptoms.

According to the EODY report, over the last week there were 37 new confirmed reported cases of the virus.