Utah monthly communicable disease report

December 2024


Background: The Utah Department of Health and Human Services collects data on over 75 communicable diseases that affect the residents of Utah. These data are monitored by epidemiologists to detect changes in disease activity and guide prevention and education efforts. More information can be found here.

Note: Individual disease investigations take time to complete; for this reason, data in this report should be considered provisional and will change as more complete reports are received.


Dec 2024 5-yr Dec avg* 2024 YTD† 5-yr YTD avg*†
Acute Flaccid Myelitis 0 U 0 U
Adverse event resulting from smallpox vaccination 0 0 0 0
Amebiasis 0 0 0 0
Anthrax 0 0 0 0
Arbovirus infection (not including West Nile, Dengue, or Yellow Fever) 0 0 0 0.2
Babesiosis 0 0 0 0
Botulism, total 0 0.2 4 3.6
Botulism, foodborne 0 0 0 0.2
Botulism, infant 0 0.2 4 3.4
Botulism, other (wound/unspecified) 0 0 0 0
Brucellosis 0 0 0 1
Campylobacteriosis 33 39 795 628.4
Chancroid 0 0 0 0
Chickenpox 4 9.2 90 112.2
Chlamydia 738 880 9937 10961.8
Cholera 0 0 0 0
Coccidioidomycosis 10 5.6 121 60.6
Colorado tick fever 0 0 0 1.8
COVID-19 2655 *** 32417 ***
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other transmissible human spongiform encephalopathies 1 0 8 4.4
Cryptosporidiosis 11 10.8 227 270.4
Cyclosporiasis 0 0.2 50 28
Dengue 1 0.6 19 6
Diphtheria 0 U 0 U
Echinococcosis 0 0 0 0
Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis 0 0 1 0.4
Encephalitis 0 0.2 1 3.4
Giardiasis 15 13 284 202.2
Gonorrhea 215 251.4 2173 3063.8
HIV infection 14 11.4 183 142.4
Haemophilus influenzae, all ages, invasive disease 5 6.6 71 44.6
nonserotype B, age <5 years 0 0.8 0 6.8
serotype B, age <5 years 0 0.2 0 0.2
unknown serotype, age <5 years 0 0 0 0.8
Hansen’s disease (Leprosy) 0 0.2 0 1.4
Hantavirus infection 0 0 0 1
Hemolytic uremic syndrome, post-diarrheal 0 0.6 14 9.8
Hepatitis A 1 0.6 6 12
Hepatitis B, acute 2 1 15 19
Hepatitis B, chronic 8 4.4 128 75.4
Hepatitis C, acute [a] 15 15.4 137 190.2
Hepatitis C, chronic [b] 66 92 962 1288.4
Hepatitis, other viral 0 0 0 0.6
Influenza-associated hospitalization 644 362.2 1752 1291.4
Influenza-associated pediatric mortality 0 0.8 3 2.6
Legionellosis 2 2.2 50 40.2
Leptospirosis 0 0 1 1.4
Listeriosis 0 U 3 U
Lyme disease 0 0.8 19 16.8
Malaria 1 0.8 32 10.6
Measles 0 0 0 0.2
Meningitis, aseptic 0 0 0 8.2
Meningitis, bacterial, other 5 0.8 30 16
Meningitis, viral 1 1 48 23.6
Meningococcal Disease (Neisseria meningitidis) 0 0 2 1.8
Mumps 0 0.4 6 8.2
Pertussis 43 13.2 320 215.6
Plague [c] 0 0 0 0
Poliomyelitis, paralytic and nonparalytic 0 0 0 0
Psittacosis 0 0 0 0
Q fever 0 0 3 4.8
Rabies, animal 0 0 1 15.2
Rabies, human 0 0 0 0
Relapsing fever, tick-borne and louse-borne 0 0 0 0.4
Rubella 0 0 2 0
Rubella, congenital syndrome 0 0 0 0
Salmonellosis 24 26.4 436 387.2
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) 0 0 0 0
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection 12 12.8 355 237.6
Shigellosis 17 9 186 94
Smallpox 0 0 0 0
Spotted fever rickettsiosis (including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) 0 0 3 2.2
Streptococcal disease, invasive, group A 17 28.8 298 250.8
Streptococcal disease, invasive, group B 15 22.4 220 248.2
Streptococcal disease, invasive, other 10 25.4 45 370.2
Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive disease 36 28 210 199.6
age <5 years 2 0.8 21 13
Syphilis, congenital 0 0 0 0
Syphilis, early (infection < 12 months) 18 15.8 252 208.6
primary & secondary 18 15.8 252 208.6
early latent 0 0 0 0
Syphilis, latent (infection > 12 months) 0 0 0 0
Tetanus 0 0 0 0
Toxic shock syndrome (staphylococcal or streptococcal) 1 6.2 41 33.2
Trichinellosis 0 0 0 0
Tuberculosis, active 5 2.2 51 29.4
Tularemia 0 0 1 1.6
Typhoid fever 0 0.2 4 3.6
Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) 0 0 0 0
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) 0 0 0 0
Vibriosis 3 1.6 41 20.4
Viral hemorrhagic fevers 0 0 0 0
West Nile virus, total 0 0 14 12.8
Yellow fever 0 0 0 0
Zika Virus Disease 0 U 1 U
Note:
U: 5-yr average is unavailable (U) because of changes in communicable disease reporting rules.
a In 2019, the DHHS began reporting only confirmed cases of acute Hepatitis C. Previously, the DHHS reported confirmed and probable cases. The 5 year averages presented here represent only confirmed cases in the past 5 years.
b In 2019, the DHHS began reporting only confirmed cases of chronic Hepatitis C. Previously, the DHHS reported confirmed and probable cases. The 5 year averages presented here represent only confirmed cases in the past 5 years.
c In 2019, the DHHS began reporting only confirmed cases of plague. Previously, the DHHS reported confirmed and probable cases. The 5 year averages presented here represent only confirmed cases in the past 5 years.
* Averages are susceptible to skewing due to outbreaks and should be interpreted with care.
YTD indicates counts are year-to-date.