Meningitis Surveillance Report
Report of “2024-11-30”

During the 2024, 297 meningitis patients were reported. Following investigation, 135 were bacterial and 151 were viral, while were unspecified. The incidence for the past 52 weeks reached 5.3 per 100,000.
Figure 1: Reported Meningitis by profile cases by week
Among the bacterial meningitis, 4 were due to Neisseria meningitidis, 9 due to Haemophilus influenza, 21 due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, 34 due to other pathogens and 67 due to bacterial with unspecified pathogens.
Figure 2: Reported Bacterial Meningitis cases by week
Across the mohafazas, the highest rates were observed in: Bekaa (9.2/100000), Beirut (6.9/100000) and Nabatieh m (6.5/100000).
Figure 3: Incidence rate per mohafaza	Figure 4: Distribution by month
As per the age groups, the highest rates were observed in: 00-04y (18.9/100000), 05-14y (7.3/100000) and 65+y (6.3/100000). On the other hand, 54.5% were male.
Figure 5: Incidence rate per age group	Figure 6: Distribution by sex
As per nationality, 78.7 were Lebanese, and 16 were Syrian. The outcome was fatal for 24 with a case fatality of 8.1%.
Figure 7: Distribution by nationality	Figure 8: Distribution by outcome