Weekly consultation rates of acute diarrhoeal diseases reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2023

Week 52 (24/12 – 30/12)
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 has decreased.

For the week ending	Rate (per 1000 consultations)
For the week ending	GOPC	PMP clinics
7/1	7.9	14.3
14/1	9.4	14.3
21/1	14.3	15.2
28/1	16.2	11.8
4/2	16.1	22.7
11/2	20.6	25.1
18/2	22.2	19.5
25/2	22.5	13.5
4/3	21.4	11.0
11/3	20.4	15.1
18/3	23.3	12.1
25/3	22.6	10.9
1/4	21.6	11.9
8/4	19.6	7.1
15/4	18.5	12.9
22/4	17.5	6.9
29/4	15.0	11.0
6/5	13.9	7.6
13/5	14.5	4.3
20/5	15.3	9.4
27/5	14.4	9.8
3/6	15.9	13.9
10/6	18.3	13.6
17/6	23.2	18.3
24/6	25.5	22.5
1/7	27.6	17.8
8/7	29.2	20.6
15/7	29.7	16.1
22/7	22.8	20.0
29/7	26.9	14.6
5/8	26.5	10.1
12/8	25.3	10.5
19/8	25.7	15.2
26/8	24.5	14.9
2/9	24.7	6.6
9/9	15.2	11.2
16/9	18.3	10.1
23/9	19.0	13.6
30/9	19.1	14.9
7/10	19.5	13.6
14/10	19.1	10.4
21/10	21.2	12.3
28/10	21.2	9.2
4/11	22.3	10.8
11/11	21.6	7.8
18/11	20.9	10.7
25/11	19.7	3.9
2/12	19.8	11.3
9/12	20.3	11.7
16/12	20.1	13.6
23/12	20.1	9.3
30/12	20.6	11.2

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.