Weekly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2024

Week 16 (14/4 – 20/4)
Latest data reported by sentinel PMP clinics showed the consultation rate for acute diarrhoeal diseases was at baseline level. The CHP monitors the overall activity of common infectious diseases through a series of surveillance systems. The overall acute gastroenteritis activity in Hong Kong has decreased.

For the week ending	Rate (per 1000 consultations)
For the week ending	GOPC	PMP clinics
6/1	19.3	10.3
13/1	19.6	9.3
20/1	21.1	11.1
27/1	20.8	5.1
3/2	22.2	11.7
10/2	23.2	4.6
17/2	24.3	13.7
24/2	23.9	13.8
2/3	21.6	11.8
9/3	20.8	12.8
16/3	20.3	11.9
23/3	20.9	9.1
30/3	21.0	8.5
6/4	20.1	9.9
13/4	21.4	14.0
20/4	21.2	10.2
27/4
4/5
11/5
18/5
25/5
1/6
8/6
15/6
22/6
29/6
6/7
13/7
20/7
27/7
3/8
10/8
17/8
24/8
31/8
7/9
14/9
21/9
28/9
5/10
12/10
19/10
26/10
2/11
9/11
16/11
23/11
30/11
7/12
14/12
21/12
28/12

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.