The Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of a Navarrese woman due to West Nile virus. He had been infected in Utrera (Seville) and this was confirmed in the weekly update published on August 12.
The woman was taken to University Hospital of Navarrawhere complications from the mosquito bite caused his death nearly a month later.
Thus, six people have lost their lives in Andalusia due to the West Nile virus, all from province of SevilleIn Navarre, Utrera, there are three more people in Coria del Río, one in La Puebla del Río and another in Dos Hermanas.
2024 continues to be confirmed as the hardest year for the West Nile virus in Seville. The six people died They have already exceeded those of 2020, when four of the seven deaths recorded in all of Andalusia were registered in the province.
On this occasion, the six deaths of the year are concentrated in Seville, where they also come from. 60 of the 61 cases in the regionOnly one was registered outside its borders, in Campofrío (Huelva).
The person infected by Carmona did not die from the virus
On the other hand, Health reports that the person who died in Carmona after being stung by one of these mosquitoesdid not die of West Nile virus.
According to Diario de Sevilla, the 72-year-old man had a history of illnesses, such as diabetes and hypertension. In addition, he suffered prostate cancerHe died on August 20. Two days later, the Institute of Toxicology confirmed to the family that he had the virus.
The Junta de Andalucía confirmed the case in its update of August 26, but not his death. It is the first case detected in the city of Carmonewhich has strengthened its preventive measures.
From Health, they assure that “in no case” West Nile virus was the cause of death, so it’s not listed in the official record. It wasn’t him “trigger” of death, as detailed in the medical report.
Ministry sources detail to this media that in all these cases of infections, the medical report This is the line established to detect the cause of death. Thus, in this case, it was the previous pathologies that caused the death of this 72-year-old man.
