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

Weekly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases 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 diarrhoeal diseases was at baseline level.
The CHP monitors the overall activity of common infectious diseases through a series of surveillance systems. The overall acute gastroenteritis activity in Hong Kong was at baseline level.

For the week ending Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
1/1 19.7 10.8
8/1 18.6 17.1
15/1 15.6 8.5
22/1 17.6 8.2
29/1 15.7 7.7
5/2 17.3 4.9
12/2 12.5 4.7
19/2 9.9 1.6
26/2 6.1 2.7
5/3 4.1 0.3
12/3 3.3 1.4
19/3 2.6 6.5
26/3 3.1 4.7
2/4 4.5 4.0
9/4 5.6 9.3
16/4 5.7 8.6
23/4 7.8 7.7
30/4 9.7 17.0
7/5 11.2 7.9
14/5 11.8 23.5
21/5 14.5 12.0
28/5 17.8 23.9
4/6 18.2 18.6
11/6 19.5 28.4
18/6 21.4 11.9
25/6 21.0 9.4
2/7 20.3 13.8
9/7 17.8 12.2
16/7 18.9 14.2
23/7 20.4 26.7
30/7 20.5 18.5
6/8 19.2 26.8
13/8 18.4 10.0
20/8 18.8 13.5
27/8 16.1 4.9
3/9 14.2 9.9
10/9 14.9 14.6
17/9 13.2 17.0
24/9 14.6 10.5
1/10 18.6 14.6
8/10 17.7 10.4
15/10 17.0 10.1
22/10 15.9 20.3
29/10 16.2 11.2
5/11 16.8 20.9
12/11 17.2 17.7
19/11 15.8 22.6
26/11 15.4 16.6
3/12 14.1 21.2
10/12 9.9 9.0
17/12 8.4 10.5
24/12 7.5 8.9
31/12 7.0 2.7

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.