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Diphtheria situational report (week 21 of 2025)

Summary by NICD
Between 01 January 2024 and 25 May 2025, 56 confirmed cases of respiratory diphtheria, 1 probable respiratory diphtheria case and 45 asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic C. diphtheriae detected during contact tracing, have been identified in South Africa. The majority of confirmed cases and carriers (68%, 69/101) were from the Western Cape, comprising 34 respiratory diphtheria […]
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NICD broke the news in on Friday, May 30, 2025.
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