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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 2024

Weekly consultation rates of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) reported by General Out-patient Clinics (GOPC) and Private Medical Practitioner (PMP) Clinics 2024

Week 43 (20/10 – 26/10)
Latest data reported by sentinel PMP clinics showed the consultation rate for hand, foot and mouth disease has decreased.
The CHP monitors the overall activity of common infectious diseases through a series of surveillance systems. The overall hand, foot and mouth disease activity in Hong Kong has increased.

For the week ending Rate (per 1000 consultations)
GOPC PMP clinics
6/1 0.5 0.9
13/1 0.2 0.2
20/1 0.3 0.0
27/1 0.2 0.0
3/2 0.2 0.5
10/2 0.1 0.0
17/2 0.5 0.0
24/2 0.2 0.0
2/3 0.2 0.3
9/3 0.1 0.0
16/3 0.2 0.0
23/3 0.1 0.6
30/3 0.4 0.0
6/4 0.3 0.0
13/4 0.3 0.3
20/4 0.5 1.3
27/4 0.6 0.5
4/5 0.8 1.3
11/5 0.6 2.2
18/5 1.0 1.4
25/5 0.8 0.2
1/6 0.9 1.1
8/6 1.0 1.2
15/6 1.5 1.6
22/6 1.1 2.8
29/6 1.4 2.2
6/7 1.2 2.1
13/7 0.8 0.9
20/7 0.7 1.5
27/7 0.5 0.7
3/8 0.8 0.8
10/8 0.6 1.4
17/8 0.8 0.7
24/8 0.6 0.5
31/8 0.9 0.8
7/9 1.2 0.4
14/9 0.8 0.8
21/9 0.9 1.6
28/9 1.2 2.7
5/10 1.6 0.8
12/10 1.7 0.8
19/10 1.3 1.8
26/10 1.0 1.2
2/11    
9/11    
16/11    
23/11    
30/11    
7/12    
14/12    
21/12    
28/12    

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.