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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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amoebic dysentery 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 12
Anthrax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bacillary dysentery 2 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 9
Botulism 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Chickenpox 166 148 156 108 137 147 136 121 1119
Chikungunya fever 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Cholera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection 40 20 34 38 31 38 35 20 256
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)* 5 4 1 4 7 60 249 199 529
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 1 1 4 2 2 4 2 0 16
Dengue fever 5 4 1 7 4 3 3 1 28
Diphtheria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enterovirus 71 infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Food poisoning Outbreaks 19 40 7 9 10 10 7 6 108
Persons affected 101 108 19 34 18 28 17 26 351
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hantavirus infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Invasive pneumococcal disease 16 13 10 12 6 7 15 7 86
Japanese encephalitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legionnaires' disease 7 4 10 19 28 19 20 31 138
Leprosy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Leptospirosis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Listeriosis 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 8
Malaria 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 9
Measles 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 9
Melioidosis 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 8
Meningococcal infection (invasive) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mpox (Monkeypox) 0 0 0 0 3 5 1 4 13
Mumps 2 3 5 2 3 4 0 2 21
Novel influenza A infection Influenza A (H5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Influenza A (H7) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Others 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Paratyphoid fever 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 7
Plague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psittacosis 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 10
Q fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rabies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Relapsing fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome Rubella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Congenital rubella syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scarlet fever 83 55 80 63 76 81 62 27 527
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
Smallpox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Streptococcus suis
infection
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3
Tetanus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuberculosis 242 180 224 222 251 262 279 227 1887
Typhoid fever 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 2 10
Typhus and other rickettsial diseases Scrub typhus 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 8
Urban typhus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spotted fever 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 8
Unclassified 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Viral haemorrhagic fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viral hepatitis A 15 7 8 4 5 5 2 4 50
B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4
C 6 3 3 2 7 4 2 3 30
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 13 13 14 12 15 21 17 9 114
West Nile Virus Infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whooping cough 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
Yellow fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zika Virus Infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 636 504 576 519 600 695 842 676 5048


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 10 September 2026

 

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Uploaded on 25 September 2026