Table. Number of municipalities with at least one human West Nile virus infection with onset or diagnosis up to 31 July, by degree of urbanisation, Italy, 2018 vs 2022.

Degree of Urbanisationa	Number (%) of affected municipalities
	2018		2022
	n	%	n	%
Densely populated	11	10.4	12	9.4
Intermediate	62	58.5	62	48.4
Thinly populated	33	31.1	54	42.2
Total	106	100	128	100

Data updated 24 August 2022.

^a The degree of urbanisation per municipality used in the analysis is based on the EUROSTAT definition that accounts for geographical contiguity and population density [17,18].