Since the beginning of 2024, over 37,000 confirmed mpox cases and 125 deaths have been reported to the WHO by 25 countries. The DRC accounts for over 8,000 confirmed cases and 22 deaths, representing 60% of global cases and 40% of deaths. Uganda has reported nearly 5,000 cases and 28 deaths, Burundi close to a thousand cases with no deaths, and Sierra Leone has seen a continuous increase with more than 2,600 cases, including over 600 new infections in the most recent week.
