Epidemiological Update: Monkeypox in children, adolescents, and pregnant women. 4 August 2022

Abstract

Between 1 January and 2 August 2022, a total of 25,022 confirmed cases, including nine deaths, were reported from 83 Member States in six World Health Organization (WHO) Regions. The nine fatal cases were reported in Brazil (1), India (1), Nigeria (3), Spain (2), and the Central African Republic (2). As of 2 August 2022, 64% (15,926 cases in 38 countries) of the confirmed cases were reported in the WHO European Region; 35% (8,644 cases in 20 countries and territories) in the WHO Region of the Americas, 1.4% (349 cases in 9 countries) in the WHO African Region, <1% (67 cases in 8 countries) in the WHO Western Pacific Region, <1% (28 cases in 6 countries) in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, and <1% (8 cases in 2 countries) in the WHO South-East Asia Region (Figures 1-2). During the last 7 days there was an increase of 33.5% and 70% in the number of reported cases globally and in the WHO Region of the Americas, respectively. During the same period, there was an increase of 20% in the WHO South-East Asia Region, 15% in the WHO European Region, 9% in the WHO African Region, 8% in the WHO Western Pacific Region, and 4% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region.