Mpox 2024 Outbreak

From the Global.health team (info@global.health). Published on 2024-09-11. Permalink

Summary

5558 confirmed and 22682 suspected cases as of 2024-09-10

The Mpox 2024 outbreak has been detected in 16 countries, with either confirmed or suspected cases.

Figure 1: Number of cumulative confirmed and suspected cases by date of report in the primary source.
Figure 2: Number of cumulative confirmed cases by date of confirmation.
Country Confirmed cases Confirmed deaths
Democratic Republic of the Congo 5002 0
Burundi 328 0
Nigeria 55 0
Central African Republic 48 0
Cote d'Ivoire 43 1
South Africa 24 3
Republic of the Congo 21 0
Uganda 10 0
Liberia 8 0
Cameroon 5 1
Kenya 5 0
Rwanda 4 0
Gabon 2 0
Guinea 1 0
Sweden 1 0
Thailand 1 0
Table 1: Aggregate data of confirmed cases and deaths by country
Figure 3: Age and gender distribution of Mpox cases in the current outbreak. 1% of confirmed cases include sufficient metadata to be included in this figure. When reported age ranges span multiple age categories, counts are evenly distributed among the categories that capture the reported age range.
Country ISO3 Clade status
Burundi BDI Clade Ib
Benin BEN Clade II (a and/or b)
Central African Republic CAF Clade Ia
Côte d’Ivoire CIV Clade II (a and/or b)
Cameroon CMR Clades Ia and II (a and/or b)
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Clades Ia and Ib
Congo COG Clade Ia
Ghana GHA Clade II (a and/or b)
Kenya KEN Clade Ib
Mozambique MOZ Clade II (a and/or b)
Nigeria NGA Clade II (a and/or b)
Rwanda RWA Clade Ib
South Sudan SSD Clade Ia
Uganda UGA Clade Ib
South Africa ZAF Clade II (a and/or b)
Table 2: MPXV clade distribution, source: WHO Mpox briefing report

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Global.health Mpox 2024 briefing report, published 2024-09-11,
retrieved from https://reports.global.health/mpox-2024/2024-09-11.html

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