China had the highest increase in weekly number of cases, the WHO said.

While cases of mpox continue to decline across the United States and Europe, infections are steadily rising in China.

For the week ending July 21, 117 cases were confirmed in China, according to data from the World Health Organization. Between the week ending May 5 and the week ending July 21, 315 cases were reported.

This comes after just six cases were confirmed throughout all of 2022, WHO data shows.