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Monthly consultation rates of influenza-like illness reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2023

Monthly consultation rates of influenza-like illness reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2023

Month Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
Jan 0.7 20.4
Feb 1.0 28.3
Mar 1.4 30.9
Apr 3.4 45.7
May 3.0 44.3
Jun 2.1 35.8
Jul 2.8 29.7
Aug 4.8 31.3
Sep 7.7 61.1
Oct 7.7 41.1
Nov 5.5 39.7
Dec 6.1 35.6

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.