Meningitis Surveillance Report
Report of “2024-12-15”

During the 2024, 304 meningitis patients were reported. Following investigation, 137 were bacterial and 154 were viral, while were unspecified. The incidence for the past 52 weeks reached 5.1 per 100,000.
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 69 due to bacterial with unspecified pathogens.
As per the age groups, the highest rates were observed in: 00-04y (19.3/100000), 05-14y (7.3/100000) and 65+y (7.1/100000). On the other hand, 54.3% were male. As per nationality, 78.5 were Lebanese, and 16.5 were Syrian.
Across the mohafazas, the highest rates were observed in: Bekaa (9.2/100000), Beirut (6.9/100000) and Nabatieh (6.7/100000).
The outcome was fatal for 24 patients with a case fatality of 7.9%.
Figure 1: Reported Meningitis by profile cases by week
Figure 2: Reported Bacterial Meningitis cases by week
Figure 3: Incidence rate per mohafaza	Figure 4: Distribution by month
Figure 5: Incidence rate per age group	Figure 6: Distribution by sex
Figure 7: Distribution by nationality	Figure 8: Distribution by outcome