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Weekly consultation rates of acute conjunctivitis reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2022

Weekly consultation rates of acute conjunctivitis reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2022

Week 53 (25/12 – 31/12)
Latest data reported by sentinel PMP clinics showed the consultation rate for acute conjunctivitis was at baseline level.

For the week ending Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
1/1 6.8 1.1
8/1 6.3 1.0
15/1 5.4 0.3
22/1 6.4 0.9
29/1 6.2 0.0
5/2 8.1 0.0
12/2 5.5 0.4
19/2 4.2 0.0
26/2 3.0 0.0
5/3 1.8 0.0
12/3 1.3 0.7
19/3 1.3 0.8
26/3 1.4 0.0
2/4 2.4 1.9
9/4 3.0 1.0
16/4 3.4 0.0
23/4 3.9 0.9
30/4 3.3 2.1
7/5 4.4 1.2
14/5 4.6 2.0
21/5 5.5 0.4
28/5 6.6 1.2
4/6 6.9 2.0
11/6 7.0 3.1
18/6 7.6 0.0
25/6 6.5 0.3
2/7 6.3 2.6
9/7 6.0 0.8
16/7 7.2 0.8
23/7 5.8 1.6
30/7 6.7 2.3
6/8 6.5 0.8
13/8 6.6 2.4
20/8 5.9 0.9
27/8 5.5 1.0
3/9 4.7 1.5
10/9 4.4 1.7
17/9 4.2 0.9
24/9 4.5 1.4
1/10 5.5 0.6
8/10 5.6 0.0
15/10 5.7 0.7
22/10 5.7 2.3
29/10 5.7 1.9
5/11 5.2 0.4
12/11 5.0 1.7
19/11 4.6 1.1
26/11 4.2 1.2
3/12 3.8 0.4
10/12 3.4 2.9
17/12 2.7 0.5
24/12 3.0 3.3
31/12 1.9 1.4

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.