Mpox Lockdown 2024 Calendar. Cases are up 160% and deaths are up 19% compared with the same period last year, with over 14,000 cases and 524 deaths recorded in 2024. Since 2022, it has globally reported 99,176 cases and 208 deaths due to monkeypox from 116 countries.
The ongoing global mpox outbreak, which began in 2022 and continues to see cases reported worldwide, is caused by clade ii (including the mpox found in canada). As the new strain of mpox reaches europe, expert warns of delayed western response.