Health Protection Agency Great Britain (UKHSA) reported 979 cases choking coughwhich is a significant increase from the 44 cases reported in the first four weeks of 2023.
Cases where people treated symptoms at home or sought private care are not included, suggesting the real number may be higher.
In 2024, a significant number of cases were recorded in Wales. Wales has 212 more cases than any region in England, including 77 new cases in the last week alone, a 48% increase on the previous week.
The East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humberside have seen a faster rise in cases, with weekly cases tripling to 30 in the East Midlands and cases nearly doubling to 44 in Yorkshire and Humberside. Infections also rose in the east of England and the south east, but fell in other regions of England.
Swansea has recorded the most cases this year (29) and the Vale of Glamorgan has the most in the past week (14), indicating an upward trend.
The use of whooping cough vaccine in pregnant women, infants and young children has decreased in England in recent years. NHS data shows a decline from 92.6% to 91.8% of children receiving the six-in-one vaccine before their first birthday from 2019-20 to the year ending March 2023. Average maternal whooping cough vaccination coverage has fallen to age seven. low, reaching an average of 61.5% across England.
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