Ministry of Health and Population
Department of Health Services
Epidemiology and Disease Control Division

EWARS Weekly Bulletin
Week 24, 2024
23rd June 2024
Highlights
Among the reported diseases, AGE is the leading cause of morbidity in Week 24 with 697 reported cases.
Overall reporting rate of Week 24 is 90.7% with 107 out of 118 sentinel sites reporting to EWARS.
1003570 cases of Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nepal, of which 991509 cases have been recovered so far.
Week Summary

This bulletin includes data since January 2022 till date, including comparison of the same period last two year. Since, May 2019, 36 new sentinel sites (including public hospitals, private hospitals, and medical colleges) were added and was gradually oriented and started reporting, thus increasing the number of reporting sites. The current number of sentinel sites is 118.
 

Trend of Outbreak Prone Diseases/Syndromes
AGE trend
SARI trend

Comparative Analysis by Disease/Syndrome (Week 24, 2024)

Disease Week 23, 2024
(Previous Week)		 Week 24, 2024
(This Week)		 Change in
No. of Cases		 Week 24, 2023
(Last Year Same Week)
AGE 756697 -59 ■ 553
SARI 331295 -36 ■ 231
Cholera 30 -3 ■ 0
Malaria Vivax 73 -4 ■ 2
Malaria Falciparum 02 2 ■ 0
Dengue 5192 41 ■ 180
Kala azar 76 -1 ■ 6
Scrub Typhus 8881 -7 ■ 38
Enteric Fever 6870 2 ■ 74
Influenza Like Illness 11182 -29 ■ 76
■ Increase in number of cases
■ Decrease in number of cases
■ No change in number of cases
Summary Observation
Most of the AGE cases were reported from KATHMANDU (95 cases), PARSA (49 cases), LALITPUR (37 cases), KAPILBASTU (25 cases) and CHITAWAN (25 cases).
Most of the SARI cases were reported from KATHMANDU (39 cases), KAPILBASTU (16 cases), RUPANDEHI (16 cases), MORANG (16 cases) and PYUTHAN (11 cases).
Most of the Dengue cases were reported from KATHMANDU (19 cases), DOTI (12 cases), TANAHU (6 cases), KAVREPALANCHOK (4 cases) and BHAKTAPUR (4 cases).
Most of the Malaria Vivax cases were reported from BAJURA (1 case), PALPA (1 case) and GULMI (1 case).
Malaria Falciparum case(s) were reported from TANAHU (1 case) and RAUTAHAT (1 case).
Most of the Kala azar cases were reported from KATHMANDU (3 cases), SURKHET (1 case), RUPANDEHI (1 case) and DOLAKHA (1 case).
Most of the Scrub Typhus cases were reported from RUKUM WEST (10 cases), DOTI (9 cases), SURKHET (7 cases), CHITAWAN (6 cases) and TANAHU (5 cases).
Most of the Enteric Fever cases were reported from DARCHULA (14 cases), KATHMANDU (7 cases), ROLPA (3 cases), MORANG (3 cases) and JHAPA (3 cases).
Most of the Influenza Like Illness cases were reported from ACHHAM (40 cases), BAJURA (20 cases), LALITPUR (9 cases), BAITADI (3 cases) and KATHMANDU (3 cases).

Province Reporting Status (Week 24, 2024)

Province Status

Acknowledgement: The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) highly acknowledges the contribution from all the sentinel sites, medical recorders, EWARS focal persons, rapid response team members and technical support from WHO and GIZ for preparation of this bulletin.

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