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Number of notifiable infectious diseases by month in 2025


Disease Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Acute poliomyelitis 0 0 0
Amoebic dysentery 0 1 1
Anthrax 0 0 0
Bacillary dysentery 3 4 7
Botulism 2 0 2
Chickenpox 160 142 302
Chikungunya fever 0 0 0
Cholera 0 0 0
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection 38 33 71
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)* 21 24 45
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 0 1 1
Dengue fever 2 4 6
Diphtheria 0 0 0
Enterovirus 71 infection 0 0 0
Food poisoning Outbreaks 17 16 33
Persons affected 161 88 249
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive) 0 0 0
Hantavirus infection 0 0 0
Invasive pneumococcal disease 28 24 52
Japanese encephalitis 0 0 0
Legionnaires' disease 12 9 21
Leprosy 0 0 0
Leptospirosis 0 0 0
Listeriosis 2 0 2
Malaria 1 0 1
Measles 0 0 0
Melioidosis 2 1 3
Meningococcal infection (invasive) 1 1 2
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0
Mpox (Monkeypox) 0 3 3
Mumps 2 3 5
Novel influenza A infection Influenza A (H5) 0 0 0
Influenza A (H7) 0 0 0
Others 0 0 0
Paratyphoid fever 0 1 1
Plague 0 0 0
Psittacosis 2 2 4
Q fever 0 0 0
Rabies 0 0 0
Relapsing fever 0 0 0
Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome Rubella 0 0 0
Congenital rubella syndrome 0 0 0
Scarlet fever 311 179 490
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection 1 0 1
Smallpox 0 0 0
Streptococcus suis
infection
0 0 0
Tetanus 0 0 0
Tuberculosis 237 235 472
Typhoid fever 1 0 1
Typhus and other rickettsial diseases Scrub typhus 0 0 0
Urban typhus 0 0 0
Spotted fever 0 0 0
Unclassified 0 0 0
Viral haemorrhagic fever 0 0 0
Viral hepatitis A 1 3 4
B 0 0 0
C 1 2 3
D 0 0 0
E 6 13 19
West Nile Virus Infection 0 0 0
Whooping cough 0 1 1
Yellow fever 0 0 0
Zika Virus Infection 0 0 0
Total 851 702 1553


Note:

* On January 30, 2023, the Government revised the reporting criteria of COVID-19 under which doctors only need to report severe and fatal cases to the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health.


Remarks:

Persons affected in Food poisoning outbreaks were excluded in the monthly total and grand total.
The figures in the most recent months are provisional and would be revised based on updated information.

Information as at 10 March 2025

 

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Uploaded on 28 March 2025