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Mpox

Last updated on Thursday, 7 May 2026 at 09:30am

Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the MPXV virus. Historically, mpox was known to occasionally pass on from infected animals to humans, with humans sometimes passing it on to other people that they had close contact with. Since May 2022, cases of human mpox have been reported in multiple countries that have not previously had MPXV detected in animal or human populations.

This page provides updates about mpox clade Ib and clade IIb cases in the UK. More detailed information is published monthly in the mpox outbreak epidemiological overview.

This page is updated once a month. The next update will be on Thursday 11 June at 09:30am.

mpox clade Ib

England

Up to 30 Apr 2026
41

Wales

Up to 30 Apr 2026
4

Scotland

Up to 30 Apr 2026
3

Northern Ireland

Number of mpox clade Ib cases in England by month

Monthly figures are shown as the first day of each month in the tabular data view. For example, the figures for January 2023 are shown as at "1 Jan 2023".

Up to and including month commencing 1 Apr 2026

ChartThere is only 1 plot on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'date'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for mpox-clade-1b. Specifically the metric 'mpox-clade-1b_cases_countByMonth' for the England area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows data from 01 October 2024 to 01 April 2026. It rose from 1.0 on 01 October 2024 to 4.0 on 01 January 2025. The date fluctuates between 1.0 on 01 February 2025, ending with the same value on 01 April 2025. It rose from 0.0 on 01 May 2025 to 1.0 on 01 July 2025. The date fluctuates between 1.0 on 01 August 2025, ending with the same value on 01 October 2025. It rose from 0.0 on 01 November 2025 to 2.0 on 01 January 2026. And finally. It fell from 11.0 on 01 February 2026 to 2.0 on 01 April 2026. There is no reporting delay period being tracked for the data on this chart. - Refer to tabular data.
Tabular data

Number of mpox clade Ib cases in England by month data for monthly figures are shown as the first day of each month in the tabular data view. For example, the figures for January 2023 are shown as at "1 Jan 2023".

Up to and including 1 April 2026

Month Number of cases
1 Apr 20262.00
1 Mar 20267.00
1 Feb 202611.00
1 Jan 20262.00
1 Dec 20252.00
1 Nov 20250.00
1 Oct 20251.00
1 Sep 20250.00
1 Aug 20251.00
1 Jul 20251.00
1 Jun 20252.00
1 May 20250.00
1 Apr 20251.00
1 Mar 20251.00
1 Feb 20251.00
1 Jan 20254.00
1 Dec 20240.00
1 Nov 20244.00
1 Oct 20241.00
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mpox clade IIb

England

Up to 30 Apr 2026
923

Wales

Up to 30 Apr 2026
21

Scotland

Up to 30 Apr 2026
37

Northern Ireland

Up to 30 Apr 2026
9

Number of mpox clade IIb cases in England by month

Monthly figures are shown as the first day of each month in the tabular data view. For example, the figures for January 2023 are shown as at "1 Jan 2023".

Up to and including month commencing 1 Apr 2026

ChartThere is only 1 plot on this chart. The horizontal X-axis is labelled 'date'. Whilst the vertical Y-axis is labelled 'metric'. This is a dark blue solid bar plot. This plot shows data for mpox-clade-2b. Specifically the metric 'mpox-clade-2b_cases_countByMonth' for the England area, along with the age banding of 'all' for the gender group of all. This plot shows data from 01 January 2023 to 01 April 2026. It rose from 1.0 on 01 January 2023 to 12.0 on 01 July 2023. It fell from 11.0 on 01 August 2023 to 10.0 on 01 February 2024. It rose from 14.0 on 01 March 2024 to 39.0 on 01 September 2024. It rose from 10.0 on 01 October 2024 to 25.0 on 01 April 2025. It fell from 23.0 on 01 May 2025 to 21.0 on 01 October 2025. And finally. The date fluctuates between 45.0 on 01 November 2025, ending with the same value on 01 April 2026. There is no reporting delay period being tracked for the data on this chart. - Refer to tabular data.
Tabular data

Number of mpox clade IIb cases in England by month data for monthly figures are shown as the first day of each month in the tabular data view. For example, the figures for January 2023 are shown as at "1 Jan 2023".

Up to and including 1 April 2026

Month Number of cases
1 Apr 202645.00
1 Mar 202665.00
1 Feb 2026110.00
1 Jan 202656.00
1 Dec 202521.00
1 Nov 202545.00
1 Oct 202521.00
1 Sep 202517.00
1 Aug 202513.00
1 Jul 202517.00
1 Jun 202517.00
1 May 202523.00
1 Apr 202525.00
1 Mar 202520.00
1 Feb 202510.00
1 Jan 202513.00
1 Dec 202422.00
1 Nov 202426.00
1 Oct 202410.00
1 Sep 202439.00
1 Aug 202440.00
1 Jul 202440.00
1 Jun 202420.00
1 May 202421.00
1 Apr 202419.00
1 Mar 202414.00
1 Feb 202410.00
1 Jan 20247.00
1 Dec 20237.00
1 Nov 202331.00
1 Oct 202325.00
1 Sep 202322.00
1 Aug 202311.00
1 Jul 202312.00
1 Jun 20238.00
1 May 202310.00
1 Apr 20232.00
1 Mar 20233.00
1 Feb 20235.00
1 Jan 20231.00
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