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

EWARS Weekly Bulletin
Week 30, 2024
5th August 2024
Highlights
Among the reported diseases, AGE is the leading cause of morbidity in Week 30 with 626 reported cases.
Overall reporting rate of Week 30 is 96.6% with 114 out of 118 sentinel sites reporting to EWARS.
• 1003580 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 30, 2024)

Disease Week 29, 2024
(Previous Week)		 Week 30, 2024
(This Week)		 Change in
No. of Cases		 Week 30, 2023
(Last Year Same Week)
AGE 619626 7 ■ 491
SARI 274286 12 ■ 242
Cholera 413 9 ■ 0
Malaria Vivax 32 -1 ■ 1
Malaria Falciparum 20 -2 ■ 0
Dengue 134221 87 ■ 1272
Kala azar 87 -1 ■ 5
Scrub Typhus 138211 73 ■ 93
Enteric Fever 109118 9 ■ 133
Influenza Like Illness 9996 -3 ■ 40
■ 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 (63 cases), PARSA (30 cases), LALITPUR (28 cases), KAILALI (26 cases) and BHAKTAPUR (23 cases).
Most of the SARI cases were reported from KATHMANDU (36 cases), MORANG (22 cases), BAITADI (18 cases), SUNSARI (15 cases) and RUPANDEHI (11 cases).
Most of the Dengue cases were reported from KATHMANDU (32 cases), KASKI (25 cases), TANAHU (21 cases), CHITAWAN (10 cases) and BHOJPUR (8 cases).
Malaria Vivax case(s) were reported from KAILALI (1 case) and SURKHET (1 case).
Most of the Kala azar cases were reported from KAILALI (4 cases), KAVREPALANCHOK (1 case), DHANUSA (1 case) and SAPTARI (1 case).
Most of the Cholera cases were reported from LALITPUR (6 cases), KAILALI (4 cases) and KATHMANDU (3 cases).
Most of the Scrub Typhus cases were reported from SANKHUWASABHA (18 cases), DADELDHURA (17 cases), ACHHAM (15 cases), LAMJUNG (13 cases) and OKHALDHUNGA (11 cases).
Most of the Enteric Fever cases were reported from JHAPA (14 cases), BAITADI (10 cases), MAHOTTARI (7 cases), ROLPA (6 cases) and SINDHUPALCHOK (6 cases).
Most of the Influenza Like Illness cases were reported from ACHHAM (30 cases), RASUWA (13 cases), SINDHUPALCHOK (12 cases), BAJURA (11 cases) and RUKUM WEST (10 cases).

Province Reporting Status (Week 30, 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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