how many people have hantavirus?

There isn’t one exact worldwide count of how many people have hantavirus at any given moment, because most reporting is by cases over a period of time, not a live global total.

What the current source context does support is:

• Worldwide: WHO estimates about 10,000 to over 100,000 hantavirus infections occur each year.
• United States: CDC says 890 cases of hantavirus disease were reported from 1993 through the end of 2023.
• Current outbreak note: WHO had reported 8 cases (6 confirmed, 2 suspected) and 3 deaths in the 2026 cruise-ship–linked cluster as of May 8, 2026.