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. 2021 Jan 29;82(5):e31–e32. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.01.018

Table 1.

Number of cases of infectious and noninfectious respiratory diseases reported during January to December in 2019 and 2020.

Diseases 2019 2020 % Change
Communicable
 TB 178767 87358 -51.1
 Measles 6536 3253 -50.2
 Rubella 1488 132 -91.1
 Influenza 417 87 -79.1
 RSV 320 21 -93.4
 Pertussis 624 35 -94.3
 Diphtheria 832 157 -81.1
 EBV 73 11 -84.9
 Pneumonia 1302 248 -80.9
 Haemophilus Influenzae 209 37 -82.2
 VZV 523 114 -78.2
 Mumps 258 39 -84.9
Non-Communicable
 Bronchiolitis 97 7 -92.8
 Asthma 413 59 -85.7
 Cystic Fibrosis 41 3 -92.7
 Bronchitis 79 13 -83.5
 Bronchiectasis 47 2 -95.7
 Total 192026 91576 -52.3

TB: Tuberculosis, RSV: Respiratory syncytial virus, EBV: Epstein bar virus, VZV: Varicella zoster virus