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Weekly consultation rates of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2020

Weekly consultation rates of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2020

For the week ending Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
4/1 0.2 0.2
11/1 0.2 0.5
18/1 0.2 0.2
25/1 0.2 0.0
1/2 0.2 1.5
8/2 0.2 0.4
15/2 0.1 0.0
22/2 0.1 0.0
29/2 0.2 0.0
7/3 0.1 0.3
14/3 0.1 0.4
21/3 0.1 0.3
28/3 0.0* 0.3
4/4 0.3 0.0
11/4 0.1 0.0
18/4 0.1 0.0
25/4 0.2 0.0
2/5 0.3 0.0
9/5 0.0* 0.0
16/5 0.1 0.0
23/5 0.1 0.3
30/5 0.1 0.0
6/6 0.2 0.0
13/6 0.3 0.0
20/6 0.2 0.3
27/6 0.2 0.3
4/7 0.2 0.0
11/7 0.1 0.3
18/7 0.1 0.3
25/7 0.0* 0.0
1/8 0.1 0.0
8/8 0.1 0.0
15/8 0.1 0.0
22/8 0.1 0.0
29/8 0.1 0.3
5/9 0.0* 0.0
12/9 0.1 0.3
19/9 0.1 0.0
26/9 0.1 0.0
3/10 0.1 0.0
10/10 0.1 0.0
17/10 0.0* 0.0
24/10 0.0* 0.2
31/10 0.1 0.0
7/11 0.1 0.0
14/11 0.0* 0.0
21/11 0.1 0.0
28/11 0.0 0.0
5/12 0.1 0.0
12/12 0.1 0.0
19/12 0.1 0.0
26/12 0.2 0.0

Note:
The CHP has started to use electronic data on diagnosis coding of patients of the Hospital Authority's General Out-patient Clinics for sentinel surveillance since January 2020, replacing manual data collection in the past.
* Less than 0.05