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Number of notifiable infectious diseases by month in 2026

Number of notifiable infectious diseases by month in 2026


Disease Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Acute poliomyelitis 0 0
Amoebic dysentery 1 1
Anthrax 0 0
Bacillary dysentery 2 2
Botulism 0 0
Chickenpox 166 166
Chikungunya fever 2 2
Cholera 0 0
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection 29 29
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)* 5 5
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 1 1
Dengue fever 5 5
Diphtheria 0 0
Enterovirus 71 infection 0 0
Food poisoning Outbreaks 19 19
Persons affected 100 100
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive) 0 0
Hantavirus infection 0 0
Invasive pneumococcal disease 16 16
Japanese encephalitis 0 0
Legionnaires' disease 7 7
Leprosy 0 0
Leptospirosis 0 0
Listeriosis 0 0
Malaria 0 0
Measles 0 0
Melioidosis 2 2
Meningococcal infection (invasive) 0 0
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 0 0
Mpox (Monkeypox) 0 0
Mumps 2 2
Novel influenza A infection Influenza A (H5) 0 0
Influenza A (H7) 0 0
Others 0 0
Paratyphoid fever 0 0
Plague 0 0
Psittacosis 2 2
Q fever 0 0
Rabies 0 0
Relapsing fever 0 0
Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome Rubella 0 0
Congenital rubella syndrome 0 0
Scarlet fever 81 81
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 0 0
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection 0 0
Smallpox 0 0
Streptococcus suis
infection
0 0
Tetanus 0 0
Tuberculosis 271 271
Typhoid fever 1 1
Typhus and other rickettsial diseases Scrub typhus 0 0
Urban typhus 0 0
Spotted fever 1 1
Unclassified 1 1
Viral haemorrhagic fever 0 0
Viral hepatitis A 13 13
B 3 3
C 5 5
D 0 0
E 11 11
West Nile Virus Infection 0 0
Whooping cough 1 1
Yellow fever 0 0
Zika Virus Infection 0 0
Total 647 647


Note:

* On January 30, 2023, the Government revised the reporting criteria of COVID-19 under which doctors only need to report severe and fatal cases to the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health.


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 9 February 2026

 

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Uploaded on 27 February 2026