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

EWARS Weekly Bulletin
Week 22, 2024
9th June 2024
Highlights
Among the reported diseases, AGE is the leading cause of morbidity in Week 22 with 658 reported cases.
Overall reporting rate of Week 22 is 93.2% with 110 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 22, 2024)

Disease Week 21, 2024
(Previous Week)		 Week 22, 2024
(This Week)		 Change in
No. of Cases		 Week 22, 2023
(Last Year Same Week)
AGE 699658 -41 ■ 559
SARI 321320 -1 ■ 205
Cholera 23 1 ■ 0
Malaria Vivax 12 1 ■ 0
Malaria Falciparum 10 -1 ■ 1
Dengue 5864 6 ■ 59
Kala azar 79 2 ■ 3
Scrub Typhus 6581 16 ■ 61
Enteric Fever 4457 13 ■ 63
Influenza Like Illness 96136 40 ■ 58
■ 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 (74 cases), PARSA (50 cases), KAPILBASTU (34 cases), KAILALI (32 cases) and LALITPUR (25 cases).
Most of the SARI cases were reported from KATHMANDU (37 cases), MORANG (22 cases), JHAPA (15 cases), RUPANDEHI (13 cases) and SUNSARI (13 cases).
Most of the Dengue cases were reported from JHAPA (9 cases), KATHMANDU (7 cases), KAVREPALANCHOK (5 cases), DOTI (3 cases) and TANAHU (3 cases).
Malaria Vivax case(s) were reported from GULMI (1 case) and NAWALPARASI EAST (1 case).
Most of the Kala azar cases were reported from KATHMANDU (5 cases), SURKHET (2 cases), PYUTHAN (1 case) and LALITPUR (1 case).
Cholera case(s) were reported from RAUTAHAT (3 cases).
Most of the Scrub Typhus cases were reported from ACHHAM (11 cases), DADELDHURA (11 cases), BAITADI (6 cases), DARCHULA (5 cases) and LAMJUNG (5 cases).
Most of the Enteric Fever cases were reported from BARDIYA (6 cases), DADELDHURA (5 cases), DARCHULA (4 cases), UDAYAPUR (4 cases) and MORANG (4 cases).
Most of the Influenza Like Illness cases were reported from ACHHAM (35 cases), SINDHUPALCHOK (26 cases), BAJURA (18 cases), RUKUM WEST (11 cases) and RASUWA (10 cases).

Province Reporting Status (Week 22, 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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