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Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

Florida Health

Disease Control

January Key Points

13 Cases
56 cases in the past
6 months
no new outbreaks
<1 year olds had
highest 6 month incidence


In January 2024, 13 pertussis cases were reported in 9 counties. The number of pertussis cases reported in January decreased from the previous month, and was below the previous 5-year average.

A graph showing a summary of pertussis cases reported by month in 2023 as compared to the previous 5-year average. In January 2024, 13 cases of pertussis were reported, which is below the previous 5-year average.


In 2024, 13 pertussis cases were reported. There was a 65% increase in the number of pertussis cases reported between August 2023 — January 2024 (n=56) compared to August 2022 — January 2023 (n=34 cases).

A graph showing a summary of the total number of pertussis cases reported by year with an emphasis on 2019. In total for each year there have been: 391 in 2019; 216 in 2020; 55 in 2021, 60 in 2022, 86 in 2023, and 13 in 2024.


In January 2024, five pertussis cases were household-associated. No pertussis cases were outbreak-associated. In the past 6 months, there was an average of 2 household-associated case, an average of 0 outbreak-associated cases and an average of 10 total cases. From August 2022 to January 2023, there was an average of 1 household-associated case, an average of 0 outbreak-associated cases and an average of 6 total cases. For most pertussis cases, exposure to other known cases is not identified and are not able to be linked to outbreaks.

A graph showing a bar graph of the average number of total cases compared to the average number of household-associated cases and the average number of outbreak-associated cases for August 2023 - January 2024 and August 2023 - January 2024. There was an average of 2 household-associated cases between August 2023 - January 2024 and an average of 1 household-associated cases between August 2023 and January 2024.


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