Scarlet fever cases in England by week 2017-2023

At the end of 2022 and beginning of 2023, weekly reported cases of scarlet fever had been significantly higher in England compared to the same weeks in the preceding five years. In week 49 of the 2022/23 season, over 10 thousand cases were reported compared to only 79 in the year prior. Bacteria belonging to group A streptococcus (more commonly called Strep A) causes scarlet fever, and, while it is highly infectious, usually only causes mild illness.

Number of notified scarlet fever cases in England from 2017/18 to 2022/23, by week number

Week number	2017/18 season	2018/19 season	2019/20 season	2020/21 season	2021/22 season	2022/23 season
37	98	96	85	13	58	180
38	130	131	137	40	63	217
39	155	138	137	26	51	323
40	171	175	178	31	68	343
41	174	179	185	26	71	521
42	183	195	250	21	89	659
43	203	199	228	19	84	645
44	195	158	227	22	60	502
45	232	172	262	41	83	800
46	276	239	319	19	78	1,093
47	298	257	427	33	85	1,232
48	421	277	480	42	79	2,848
49	430	305	479	37	79	10,747
50	321	279	645	36	112	9,480
51	609	399	633	37	78	6,954
52	296	208	379	36	41	2,036
1	298	194	267	30	57	-
2	428	229	266	23	103	-
3	619	333	428	31	157	-
4	755	360	494	21	172	-
5	997	438	701	34	195	-
6	1,281	483	657	27	201	-
7	1,242	490	798	25	263	-
8	1,062	416	731	25	277	-
9	1,237	284	591	24	300	-
10	1,502	383	802	30	391	-
11	1,853	409	760	38	444	-
12	1,988	471	439	32	664	-
13	1,793	449	173	28	669	-
14	1,217	398	96	34	686	-
15	1,080	395	36	26	460	-
16	1,018	251	38	30	377	-
17	1,183	279	41	50	454	-
18	939	256	30	35	502	-
19	856	213	30	43	649	-
20	804	286	22	51	764	-
21	726	275	98	41	753	-
22	399	201	17	51	428	-
23	394	165	38	46	579	-
24	440	250	76	42	791	-
25	411	272	16	55	756	-
26	357	301	23	61	853	-
27	362	290	27	56	775	-
28	284	240	20	67	763	-
29	238	239	40	41	623	-
30	197	179	28	41	511	-
31	156	134	19	25	338	-
32	118	119	15	35	269	-
33	84	69	20	31	208	-
34	99	86	16	23	170	-
35	72	66	19	20	112	-

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2017 to 2023

Supplementary notes

A season runs from week 37 in one year to week 36 in the next
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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