The 2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Peru is a part of the outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. The outbreak reached Peru on 26 June 2022.[1]
2022–2023 mpox outbreak in Peru | |
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Disease | Mpox |
Virus strain | Monkeypox virus (West African clade) |
Location | Peru |
Index case | Lima[1] |
Arrival date | June 26, 2022(1 year, 10 months and 4 days)[1] | –present
Date | As of 19 September 2022[update] |
Confirmed cases | 3,812 (MINSA)[2] 2,884 (DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources) |
Suspected cases‡ | 41 (DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources) |
Recovered | 3,762 (MINSA)[2] 809 (DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources) |
Deaths | 20 (MINSA) 10 (DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources)[3] |
Government website | |
What is monkeypox? Mpox Situation Room (Both websites in Spanish) | |
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
Background
In May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) made an emergency announcement of the existence of a multi-country outbreak of mpox, a viral disease then commonly known as "monkeypox".[4] The initial cluster of cases was found in the United Kingdom,[5] where the first case was detected in London on 6 May 2022[6] in a patient with a recent travel history from Nigeria (where the disease is endemic).[7] On 16 May, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed four new cases with no link to travel to a country where mpox is endemic.[6] Subsequently, cases have been reported from many countries and regions.[8] The outbreak marked the first time mpox had spread widely outside Central and West Africa. There is evidence that the disease had been circulating and evolving in human hosts over a number of years prior to the outbreak. The outbreak was of the Clade IIb variant of the virus.[9]
On 23 July 2022, the Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), stating that "we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little".[10] A global response to the outbreak included public awareness campaigns in order to reduce spread of the disease, and repurposing of smallpox vaccines.[11][12]History
The first suspected case of infection in the country was reported on 30 May 2022, when health authorities in the department of Piura reported the identification of a 70-year-old patient who presented symptoms compatible with mpox and was isolated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Santa Rosa Hospital (Piura).[13]
Statistics
Cumulative cases
Nationwide
By region
Daily cases
By region
Region | MINSA | DIRESAs/GERESAs/Press sources | |||||
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Cases | Cases | Recovered | Suspected | Discarded | Reference(s) | ||
Peru | 3,812 | 2,884 | 809 | 41 | 551 | — | |
Amazonas | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Ancash | 14 | 6 | — | — | — | [14] | |
Apurímac | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Arequipa | 149 | 100 | — | 20 | 56 | [15] | |
Ayacucho | 10 | 1 | — | — | 24 | [16] | |
Cajamarca | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | [17] | |
Callao | 261 | 248 | — | 1 | 119 | — | |
Cusco | 18 | 16 | — | — | 74 | [18] | |
Huancavelica | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Huánuco | 5 | 5 | 6 | — | 40 | — | |
Ica | 39 | 30 | — | — | — | — | |
Junín | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | [19] | |
La Libertad | 165 | 165 | 163 | 3 | — | [20] | |
Lambayeque | 44 | 21 | — | 3 | 76 | [21] | |
Lima (P) | 2,889 | 2,172 | 621 | — | — | — | |
Lima (R) | 52 | 1 | — | 2 | — | [22] | |
Loreto | 13 | 6 | — | — | 6 | [23] | |
Madre de Dios | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | [24] | |
Moquegua | 6 | 1 | — | — | 6 | [25] | |
Pasco | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Piura | 52 | 39 | — | 3 | 5 | [13][26] | |
Puno | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | [27] | |
San Martín | 25 | 24 | — | 3 | 65 | [28] | |
Tacna | 23 | 24 | — | — | 92 | [29] | |
Tumbes | 1 | 1 | — | — | 35 | [30] | |
Ucayali | 25 | 24 | 23 | — | — | [31] | |
Updated: July 12, 2023 · History of cases: Peru | |||||||
By date
MINSA | ||||
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Day | Confirmed | Recovered | Deaths | Ref(s). |
10 July 2022 | 29 | — | — | [32] |
11 July 2022 | No daily report published. | |||
12 July 2022 | 36 | — | — | [33] |
13 July 2022 | 46 | — | — | [34] |
14 July 2022 | 55 | — | — | [35] |
15 July 2022 | 64 | 4 | — | [36] |
16 July 2022 | 78 | 4 | — | [37] |
17 July 2022 | 92 | 5 | — | [38] |
18 July 2022 | 95 | 5 | — | [39] |
19 July 2022 | 112 | 12 | — | [40] |
20 July 2022 | 126 | 16 | — | [41] |
21 July 2022 | 143 | 20 | — | [42] |
22 July 2022 | 157 | 24 | — | [43] |
23 July 2022 | 183 | 25 | — | [44] |
24 July 2022 | 203 | 27 | — | [45] |
25 July 2022 | 208 | 27 | — | [46] |
26 July 2022 | 224 | 35 | — | [47] |
27 July 2022 | 251 | 43 | — | [48] |
28 July 2022 | 269 | 54 | — | [49] |
29 July 2022 | 275 | 68 | — | [50] |
30 July 2022 | 282 | 77 | — | [51] |
31 July 2022 | 305 | 91 | — | [52] |
1 August 2022 | 313 | 99 | — | [53] |
2 August 2022 | 324 | 108 | — | [54] |
3 August 2022 | 340 | 120 | — | [55] |
4 August 2022 | 396 | 139 | — | [56] |
5 August 2022 | 409 | 159 | — | [57] |
6 August 2022 | No daily report published. | |||
7 August 2022 | 505 | 185 | — | [58] |
8 August 2022 | 547 | 202 | — | [59] |
9 August 2022 | 583 | 221 | — | [60] |
10 August 2022 | 632 | 239 | — | [61] |
11 August 2022 | 653 | 260 | — | [62] |
12 August 2022 | 676 | 260 | — | [63] |
13 August 2022 | 712 | 278 | — | [2] |
14 August 2022 | 775 | 308 | — | |
15 August 2022 | 834 | 321 | — | |
16 August 2022 | 867 | 352 | — | |
17 August 2022 | 891 | 374 | — | |
18 August 2022 | 937 | 410 | — | |
19 August 2022 | 1,022 | 448 | — | |
20 August 2022 | 1,068 | 477 | — | |
21 August 2022 | 1,128 | 519 | — | |
22 August 2022 | 1,188 | 546 | — | |
23 August 2022 | 1,207 | 599 | — | [64] |
24 August 2022 | 1,257 | 630 | — | [65] |
25 August 2022 | 1,300 | 674 | — | [66] |
26 August 2022 | 1,342 | 712 | — | [67] |
27 August 2022 | 1,382 | 742 | — | [68] |
28 August 2022 | 1,434 | 784 | — | [69] |
29 August 2022 | 1,463 | 812 | — | [70] |
30 August 2022 | 1,496 | 864 | — | |
31 August 2022 | 1,531 | 898 | — | |
1 September 2022 | 1,546 | 931 | — | |
2 September 2022 | 1,590 | 986 | — | |
3 September 2022 | 1,619 | 1,034 | — | |
4 September 2022 | 1,661 | 1,079 | — | |
5 September 2022 | 1,724 | 1,126 | — | |
6 September 2022 | 1,726 | 1,190 | — | |
7 September 2022 | 1,760 | 1,228 | — | |
8 September 2022 | 1,808 | 1,276 | — | |
9 September 2022 | 1,844 | 1,329 | — | |
10 September 2022 | 1,896 | 1,374 | — | |
11 September 2022 | 1,937 | 1,424 | — | |
12 September 2022 | 1,964 | 1,459 | — | |
13 September 2022 | 1,989 | 1,504 | — | |
14 September 2022 | — | |||
15 September 2022 | — | |||
16 September 2022 | — | |||
17 September 2022 | — | |||
18 September 2022 | — | |||
19 September 2022 | Waiting for daily update. | |||
Updated: July 12, 2023 · History of cases: Peru | ||||