INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE REPORT

The Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD) cumulative graphs report provides a summary of the total number of IPD cases reported to GERMS-SA to date, and if vaccine or non-vaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae were identified. GERMS-SA is a national, active, laboratory-based surveillance system initiated in 2003 and this report is updated on a quarterly basis. 

Cumulative invasive pneumococcal disease case numbers reported by the GERMS-SA surveillance programme, 1 January 2012 to 31 October 2023