Mpox 2024 Outbreak

From the Global.health team (info@global.health). Published on 2024-11-22. Permalink

Summary

13628 confirmed and 38599 suspected cases as of 2024-11-21

The Mpox 2024 outbreak has been detected in 26 countries, with either confirmed or suspected cases.

Footnotes

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• On 05 November 2024, G.h updated our case status definition for ‘suspected’ cases to align with WHO’s description from their website, “In some countries, suspected cases that undergo testing are not removed from the count, regardless of whether the test result is positive (confirmed case) or negative (discarded case). Moreover, not all countries have robust surveillance systems for mpox, meaning reported case counts likely underestimate the extent of community transmission." G.h adjusted our discarded / suspected case numbers in our linelist database to align with WHO case numbers for suspected cases. G.h is using official data for suspected cases from the Rwanda Ministry of Health since WHO has not included suspected cases for Rwanda in their reporting. G.h is using official data for suspected cases from the Rwanda Ministry of Health since WHO has not included suspected cases for Rwanda in their reporting.
• Uganda: G.h only provide confirmed case counts for Uganda.
• Kenya: Location of death is not provided by source. G.h is unable to capture this death in a linelist format. Deaths by country are provided in a table format in our briefing report.
• G.h has assigned discarded (negative) case status when data is provided by source [i.e. Kenya, CAR]. G.h counts for suspected cases may not align with WHO dashboard: "In some countries, suspected cases that undergo testing are not removed from the count, regardless of whether the test result is positive (confirmed case) or negative (discarded case). Moreover, not all countries have robust surveillance systems for mpox, meaning reported case counts are likely underestimate the extent of community transmission." [WHO]
• G.h death counts by country aligns with WHO’s dashboard for data as of 2024-10-20.

Notes for this report

• The latest WHO Mpox dashboard did not include suspected case counts, for all countries except the DRC. The G.h dataset reflects suspected case counts from the WHO Mpox dashboard using data as of 10 November 2024. G.h has stopped reporting updates for suspected cases in countries where data is not provided by WHO source on 20 November 2024.
• Angola. Initial Report. The Ministry of Health reported the first case of mpox in Angola in 2024 on 16 November. Clade not specified.
• United States of America. Initial Report. The California Department of Public Health confirmed, through laboratory testing, the first known case of clade I mpox in the United States on 16 November 2024. The case was diagnosed in a person who recently traveled from Eastern Africa.
• DRC. G.h case data aligns with WHO dashboard data as of 17 November: Total Cases in 2024 (n=40,120); Confirmed cases (n=10,587); Suspected cases (n=29,533).