Flu cases in Canada drop 38 per cent in 1st week of January, data shows
“All surveillance indicators are decreasing and almost all indicators are within expected levels typical of this time of year.”
In the week of Jan. 1 to 7, a total of 1,749 laboratory detections of influenza were reported to PHAC. A majority of these cases — 77 per cent — were caused by a strain of the influenza A virus known as H3N2. The remaining 23 per cent were the influenza A strain known as H1N1. Both of these strains are included in this year’s flu vaccine, which also includes two isolates of the influenza B virus.The number of children requiring hospitalization from the flu has also significantly declined from a surge in childhood flu across Canada that peaked in late November.
The number of children admitted to hospital for the flu dropped by 38 per cent in the first week of January compared with the previous week. Only 30 influenza-associated hospitalizations were reported by the IMPACT network of 12 pediatric hospitals in Canada for the week ending on Jan. 7.
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