Weekly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by Family Medicine Clinics and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2026

Week 8 (15/2 – 21/2)
Latest data reported by sentinel FMCs showed that the consultation rate for acute diarrhoeal diseases was at high level while the rate at PMP clinics has increased. The CHP monitors the overall activity of common infectious diseases through a series of surveillance systems. Several surveillance indicators of acute gastroenteritis in Hong Kong have increased in the past few weeks.

For the week ending	Rate (per 1000 consultations)
For the week ending	FMC	PMP clinics
3/1	32.0	24.7
10/1	28.8	28.8
17/1	30.4	21.9
24/1	30.8	23.3
31/1	31.6	19.3
7/2	30.6	16.1
14/2	30.3	14.4
21/2	28.6	26.1
28/2
7/3
14/3
21/3
28/3
4/4
11/4
18/4
25/4
2/5
9/5
16/5
23/5
30/5
6/6
13/6
20/6
27/6
4/7
11/7
18/7
25/7
1/8
8/8
15/8
22/8
29/8
5/9
12/9
19/9
26/9
3/10
10/10
17/10
24/10
31/10
7/11
14/11
21/11
28/11
5/12
12/12
19/12
26/12

Note:
The Hospital Authority's General Out-patient Clinics were renamed Family Medicine Clinics on 11 October 2025.
The CHP has started to use electronic data on diagnosis coding of patients of the Hospital Authority's Family Medicine Clinics for sentinel surveillance since January 2020, replacing manual data collection in the past.