England saw a record number of gonorrhea cases and the highest level of syphilis in decades last year as sexually transmitted infections (STIs) spiked, the UK Health Security Agency said on Tuesday.
There were 82,592 gonorrhea diagnoses in 2022, a yearly increase of 50 percent and the largest annual number reported since records began, according to the agency, known as the UKHSA.
More broadly, there were 392,453 new STIs detected among residents in England last year, a yearly increase of nearly a quarter. "The numbers of consultations, sexual health screens and STI diagnoses in 2020 and 2021 are lower than preceding years, so the trend in diagnoses between 2021 and 2022 must be interpreted in that context," the UKHSA noted.
Gonorrhea is increasing in people of all ages, but its spread was highest last year amongst that cohort, the agency said.
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