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Africa CDC Epidemic Intelligence Weekly Report, 03 January 2025

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Between epidemiological weeks 1 and 52, a total of 72,506 cases of mpox, of which 16,309 were laboratory-confirmed, and 1,288 deaths [case fatality rate (CFR: 1.78%) have been reported from 20 African Union (AU) Member States (MS): Angola (4 laboratory-confirmed cases; 0 deaths), Burundi (2,861; 1), Cameroon (9; 2), Central Africa Republic (CAR) (88; 3), Congo (23; 0), Côte d'Ivoire (107; 1 ), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (11,503; 1,271), Gabon (2; 0), Ghana (5; 0), Guinea (1; 0), Liberia (63; 0), Kenya (31; 1), Mauritius (1; 0), Morocco (2; 0), Nigeria (167; 0), Rwanda (59; 0), South Africa (25; 3), Uganda (1,353; 6), Zambia (3; 0), and Zimbabwe (2; 0). In the last six epidemiological weeks, six AU MS have not reported any confirmed case of mpox: Cameroon, Gabon, Mauritius, Morocco, South African, and Zimbabwe.

In epidemiological week 52, 264 new cases, of which 231 were laboratory confirmed, and no new deaths of mpox were reported from four AU MS: Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia.