Regional Mpox Bulletin: 10 November 2024
Since 1 January 2022, cases of mpox have been reported to WHO from 20 Member States across the WHO African Region. As of 10 November 2024, a total of 13 699 laboratory confirmed cases, including 75 deaths, have been reported to WHO.
In 2024, as of 10 November 2024, 18 countries have reported 11 321 confirmed cases, including 53 deaths. The three countries with the majority of the cases in 2024 are Democratic Republic of Congo, (n = 8 662), Burundi, (n = 1 804), and Uganda, (n = 443).
A significant number of suspected cases, that are clinically compatible with mpox are not tested due to limited diagnostic capacity and they never get confirmed. For this reason, suspected cases are also shown in this section. Care should be taken when interpreting these cases, as they are collected according to different case definitions. In some countries, suspected cases that are negative after laboratory test are not removed from case counts.