| 2017 Box Score |
2018 Box Score |
2019 Box Score |
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| Illness: |
# of reports |
Pax Sick |
Crew Sick |
Total Sick |
# of reports |
Pax Sick |
Crew Sick |
Total Sick |
# of reports |
Pax Sick |
Crew Sick |
Total Sick |
| Gastrointestinal (including Noro virus) |
20 | 2266 | 73 | 2339 | 13 | 948 | 61 |
1009 |
13 |
1412 | 113 |
1525 |
| E coli |
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| Salmonella |
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| Shigella |
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| Other |
1 | 184 | 12 | 196 | 2 | 151 | 17 | 168 | 1 | 28 | 5 |
33 |
| Total |
21 | 2450 | 85 | 2535 | 15 | 1099 | 78 | 1177 | 14 |
1440 |
116 |
1556 |
| NOTE: Box Score includes outbreaks confirmed by the CDC or those reported by multiple sources with reliable numbers. Estimates given by passengers are generally not included in the table. | ||||||||||||
| Year |
# of Reports |
Total Sick |
| 2002 |
43 |
3530 |
| 2003 |
44 |
3556 |
| 2004 |
42 |
3675 |
| 2005 |
35 |
4674 |
| 2006 |
54 |
7215 |
| 2007 |
42 |
4577 |
| 2008 | 39 | 3743 |
| 2009 | 30 | 4197 |
| 2010 | 37 | 7101 |
| 2011 | 23 | 1971 |
| 2012 | 34 | 5542 |
| 2013 | 22 | 2385 |
| 2014 | 14 | 3559 |
| 2015 | 22 | 2570 |
| 2016 | 23 | 2504 |
| 2017 | 21 | 2535 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1177 |
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Cruise Line |
|
Source |
| November 24 |
Norwegian Joy |
CDC
reports 127 of 3603 passengers (3.53) and 6 of 1679 crew
(0.34%) reported ill on the q6 day cruise ending in Los
Angeles on 24 November. |
CDC |
| November 17 |
Noordam |
Otago
Daily Times reports a cruise ship that visited
Dunedin at the weekend had an outbreak of norovirus on
board. Port Otago cruise manager Carolyn Bennett confirmed
there had been a "minor outbreak" aboard the Noordam,
which left Port Chalmers yesterday evening after arriving
about 8.30am. NOTE: Two days prior to this media
report I received an email from a passenger onboard
alerting me to the outbreak, which was not referred to as
"minor" |
Media & Pax |
| November 15 |
Sun Princess |
The
New Paper reports the Maritime and Port Authority
of Singapore (MPA) told The New Paper on Friday (Nov 15)
that 229 passengers and crew on board the cruise ship, MV
Sun Princess, had come down with gastrointestinal illness.
TNP had reported earlier the cruise ship from Australia
had decided to disembark all 2,000 passengers when those
affected fell ill. Those affected showed symptoms
such as vomiting and/or diarrhoea. MPA said of those
affected, 189 have recovered. For the remaining affected
passengers and crew, 16 passengers had disembarked and
terminated their cruise at Singapore.The ship arrrived in
Singapore 13 November and was in transit to Ho Chi Minh
City. |
Media |
| October 12 | AIDAluna | CDC
reports 85 of 2166 (3.9%) passengers and 10 crew of 612
(1.6%) have reported ill on the 28 Sept -12 October cruise
ending in NYC. |
CDC |
| October 12 |
AIDAdiva |
CDC
reports 83 of 2251 (3.7%) passengers and 10 crew of 610
(1.6%) have reported ill on the 3-13 October cruise ending
in NYC. |
CDC |
| September 25 | AIDAdiva |
CDC
reports 117 of 2055 (5.7%) passengers and 8 crew of 610
(1.3%) have reported ill on the 5-23 September cruise
ending in NYC. |
CDC |
| September 23 |
Carnival Conquest |
CDC
reports 17 of 3241 (0.52%) passengers and 35 crew of 1158
(3.02%) have reported ill on the 7-14 September cruise. |
CDC |
| June 7 |
Marella Explorer II |
Daily
Post reports on a couple claiming a norovirus
outbreak on their recent cruise. Earlier this month the
initial suspected norovirus outbreak was reported in the
national press when passengers started to feel ill.
Reports said the newest ship to join TUI's Marella
cruises had been hit by an "outbreak of the norovirus"
stomach bug only a month after launching. And since then a
number of passengers have contacted Irwin Mitchell.
Marella Explorer 2 was welcomed into the fleet in April. |
Media |
| April 1 | Oceania Marina |
CDC
reports 36 of 1066 (3.38%) passengers and 4 crew of 763
(0.52%) have reported ill on the March 18 - 5 April
cruise. |
CDC |
| February 21 |
Island Princess |
CDC
reports 83 of 2193 (3.78%) passengers and 8 crew of 905
(0.88%) have reported ill on the February 8 - 18 cruise |
CDC |
| February 14 |
Viking Star |
CDC
reports 36 of 904 (3.98%) passengers and 1 crew of 461
(0.22%) have reported ill on the February 7 - 14 cruise |
CDC |
| January 28 |
Viking Sea |
CDC
reports 38 of 925 (4.1%) passengers and 0 crew have
reported ill on the January 18-28 cruise |
CDC |
| January 10 |
Oasis OTS |
WESH
reports officials with Royal Caribbean reported that there
167 cases of a stomach virus on board the Oasis of the
Seas. The seven-night cruise departed from Port Canaveral
on Sunday and returns this weekend. The 167 cases of
gastrointestinal illness represent 2 percent of the 8,454
guests and crew on board. Passengers were apparently not
allowed to disembark in Falmouth. Cruise
Law News reports the port call at Cozumel has been
canceled and the ship will return to Port Canaveral early.
CDC
reports the numbers ill as 266 of 6285 passengers (4.23%)
and 11 of 2169 crew (0.51%). Update Jan 12: CDC reports 561
passengers and 31 crew have reported ill. |
CDC & Media |
| January 3 |
Viking Star |
CDC reports 28 of 917 (3.05%) passengers and 5 crew of 449 (1.11%) have reported ill on the December 13 - January 3 cruise. The cause was rotavirus. | CDC |