Detection of coronaviruses in respiratory specimens in 2024

Week number	Date	No. of specimen tested	Human coronavirus OC43		Human coronavirus 229E		Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Week number	Date	No. of specimen tested	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
1	31/12/2023 - 06/01	7106	197	2.77	93	1.31	483	6.80
2	07/01 - 13/01	7401	197	2.66	105	1.42	542	7.32
3	14/01 - 20/01	6736	170	2.52	72	1.07	448	6.65
4	21/01 - 27/01	6584	99	1.50	71	1.08	432	6.56
5	28/01 - 03/02	7127	102	1.43	58	0.81	578	8.11
6	04/02 - 10/02	6478	68	1.05	42	0.65	578	8.92
7	11/02 - 17/02	7960	44	0.55	38	0.48	1056	13.27
8	18/02 - 24/02	8766	47	0.54	37	0.42	1297	14.80
9	25/02 - 02/03	7842	23	0.29	26	0.33	1223	15.60
10	03/03 - 09/03	8436	26	0.31	24	0.28	1414	16.76
11	10/03 - 16/03	8416	18	0.21	6	0.07	1321	15.70
12	17/03 - 23/03	8834	15	0.17	14	0.16	1106	12.52
13	24/03 - 30/03	7999	10	0.13	9	0.11	797	9.96
14	31/03 - 06/04	7983	8	0.10	15	0.19	685	8.58
15	07/04 - 13/04	7652	6	0.08	4	0.05	696	9.10
16	14/4 - 20/4	8095	8	0.10	4	0.05	788	9.73

Remarks:

1. Figures are subject to minor adjustments.

2. Multiple specimens may have been received for testing from the same patient.