Mpox 2024 Outbreak
Summary
12186 confirmed and 42293 suspected cases as of 2024-11-14
The Mpox 2024 outbreak has been detected in 24 countries, with either confirmed or suspected cases.
| Country | Confirmed cases | Confirmed deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9457 | 1132 |
| Burundi | 1863 | 0 |
| Uganda | 443 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 118 | 0 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 91 | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 69 | 2 |
| Liberia | 29 | 0 |
| Rwanda | 26 | 0 |
| South Africa | 25 | 3 |
| Republic of the Congo | 22 | 0 |
| Kenya | 17 | 0 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 0 |
| Morocco | 3 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 |
| Ghana | 2 | 0 |
| Gabon | 2 | 0 |
| India | 1 | 0 |
| Guinea | 1 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 |
| Thailand | 1 | 0 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 |
| Zambia | 1 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 0 |
| Country | ISO3 | Clade status |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | COD | Clades Ia and Ib |
| Cameroon | CMR | Clades Ia and II (a and/or b) |
| Burundi | BDI | Clade Ib |
| Kenya | KEN | Clade Ib |
| Rwanda | RWA | Clade Ib |
| Uganda | UGA | Clade Ib |
| Zambia | ZMB | Clade Ib |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | Clade Ib |
| Central African Republic | CAF | Clade Ia |
| Congo | COG | Clade Ia |
| South Sudan | SSD | Clade Ia |
| Sudan | SDN | Clade Ia |
| Benin | BEN | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| Côte d’Ivoire | CIV | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| Egypt | EGY | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| Ghana | GHA | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| Guinea | GIN | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| Liberia | LBR | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| Morocco | MAR | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| Mozambique | MOZ | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| Nigeria | NGA | Clade II (a and/or b) |
| South Africa | ZAF | Clade II (a and/or b) |
Footnotes
Users should refer to GitHub to review all open and closed issues.
- 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.
Data accessibility and reproducibility: All data used in this report are available from our data repository. Should you identify any issues or have questions please raise an issue on GitHub or write to us: info@global.health. This report may be cited as:
Global.health Mpox 2024 briefing report, published 2024-11-15, retrieved from
https://reports.global.health/mpox-2024/2024-11-15.html
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