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Number of notifiable infectious diseases by month in 2022

Number of notifiable infectious diseases by month in 2022


Disease Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Acute poliomyelitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amoebic dysentery 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 1 14
Anthrax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bacillary dysentery 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 7
Botulism 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Chickenpox 118 41 39 55 99 100 87 89 85 98 116 75 1002
Chikungunya fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cholera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection 47 24 20 23 43 41 42 39 36 31 28 42 416
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)* 1554 261448 881000 143264 58499 69378 128663 198921 235224 156204 200423 508284 2842862
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 0 1 3 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 16
Dengue fever 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 7 3 4 26
Diphtheria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enterovirus 71 infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Food poisoning Outbreaks 5 2 0 3 14 11 17 15 13 17 14 22 133
Persons affected 12 4 0 5 39 35 118 71 38 98 66 88 574
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hantavirus infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Invasive pneumococcal disease 3 1 6 3 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 6 28
Japanese encephalitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legionnaires' disease 5 1 5 4 12 10 3 16 9 10 2 3 80
Leprosy 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6
Leptospirosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
Listeriosis 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 17
Malaria 0 0 0 0 1 5 14 162 2 6 6 0 196
Measles 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Melioidosis 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 10 6 9 5 7 46
Meningococcal infection (invasive) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monkeypox - - - - - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mumps 5 0 0 2 4 3 4 5 3 3 2 1 32
Novel influenza A infection Influenza A (H5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Influenza A (H7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paratyphoid fever 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Plague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psittacosis 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 10
Q fever 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rabies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Relapsing fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome Rubella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Congenital rubella syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scarlet fever 5 0 0 6 2 1 5 4 3 4 5 7 42
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Smallpox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Streptococcus suis
infection
0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6
Tetanus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuberculosis 274 201 223 246 294 313 276 312 253 297 254 274 3217
Typhoid fever 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 2 15
Typhus and other rickettsial diseases Scrub typhus 0 1 0 0 0 7 7 5 2 1 1 3 27
Urban typhus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
Spotted fever 2 2 2 1 1 2 4 2 3 0 0 2 21
Unclassified 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 4 0 1 1 12
Viral haemorrhagic fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viral hepatitis A 1 0 4 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 22
B 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 12
C 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 12
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 10 9 7 3 3 4 2 6 3 1 5 3 56
West Nile Virus Infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whooping cough 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Yellow fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zika Virus Infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2046 261741 881314 143620 58991 69902 129140 199601 235673 156708 200878 508745 2848359


Note:

* In January 2022, the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health revised the figures of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) according to the date of  reporting of the cases.
† 'Melioidosis' has been listed as a notifiable infectious disease since 11 November 2022. The figures of Melioidosis from 1 January to 10 November 2022 were based on the notifications from Hospital Authority according to the month of laboratory confirmation.
‡ 'Monkeypox' has been listed as a notifiable infectious disease since 10 June 2022.


Remarks:

Persons affected in Food poisoning outbreaks were excluded in the monthly total and grand total.
The figures in the most recent months are provisional and would be revised based on updated information.

Information as at 11 September 2023

 

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