Weekly consultation rates of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2023

Week 52 (24/12 – 30/12)
Latest data reported by sentinel PMP clinics showed the consultation rate for hand, foot and mouth disease has increased. The CHP monitors the overall activity of common infectious diseases through a series of surveillance systems. The overall hand, foot and mouth disease activity in Hong Kong has decreased.

For the week ending	Rate (per 1000 consultations)
For the week ending	GOPC	PMP clinics
7/1	0.0	0.0
14/1	0.0	0.0
21/1	0.0*	0.0
28/1	0.0	0.0
4/2	0.2	0.3
11/2	0.0*	0.0
18/2	0.1	0.0
25/2	0.1	0.0
4/3	0.0*	0.0
11/3	0.0	0.0
18/3	0.2	0.0
25/3	0.1	0.2
1/4	0.2	0.2
8/4	0.2	0.0
15/4	0.1	0.2
22/4	0.1	0.0
29/4	0.1	0.0
6/5	0.1	0.4
13/5	0.1	0.6
20/5	0.1	0.0
27/5	0.1	0.5
3/6	0.2	0.0
10/6	0.2	1.0
17/6	0.1	0.7
24/6	0.5	0.3
1/7	0.5	0.3
8/7	0.8	0.7
15/7	0.7	0.0
22/7	0.4	1.0
29/7	0.7	0.0
5/8	0.5	0.6
12/8	0.5	0.0
19/8	0.7	0.8
26/8	0.7	1.5
2/9	0.7	0.0
9/9	0.5	0.8
16/9	0.7	1.2
23/9	0.9	0.6
30/9	1.3	1.2
7/10	1.6	1.3
14/10	2.1	1.3
21/10	1.3	2.3
28/10	1.6	0.0
4/11	1.8	3.0
11/11	2.2	1.1
18/11	2.0	2.5
25/11	2.2	2.7
2/12	1.8	1.0
9/12	1.3	1.3
16/12	1.0	1.4
23/12	0.6	0.0
30/12	0.6	1.4

Note:
The CHP has started to use electronic data on diagnosis coding of patients of the Hospital Authority's General Out-patient Clinics for sentinel surveillance since January 2020, replacing manual data collection in the past.
* Less than 0.05