Flu Report: Canada

Flu Report: Canada

National Flu Activity: November 08 - November 14, 2009 (Week 45)

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National Flu Activity Map

Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nunavut Northwest Territories Yukon Territory Bristish Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec

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National Summary

  • Nationally, the activity level reported this week remained similar to the previous week. While the number of hospitalizations and deaths still increased, the proportion of positive influenza tests was comparable and the national ILI consultation rate and the number of influenza outbreaks reported decreased.
  • The Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 strain accounted for nearly 100% of the positive influenza A subtyped specimens this week.
  • The intensity of Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the population was high with 1,674 hospitalizations, 261 ICU admissions and 84 deaths reported this week. Hospitalized cases occurred in all provinces and territories (P/T) that reported this week while the deaths were from all P/T except MB, PE, YT, NT and NU. From August 30 to November 14, 2009, a total of 3,965 hospitalized cases including 576 cases admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) (14.5%) as well as 142 deaths had been reported. Numbers of new deaths were more than two times higher than last week.
  • The number of hospitalizations and deaths reported this week were higher than the overall number of hospitalizations and deaths for the first wave.

National Positive Flu Tests

  November 08 - November 14, 2009 Total Flu Season To Date (Sept. - Aug.)
  Flu H1N1 Flu H1N1
Alberta 90 352 549 4715
British Columbia 0 717 563 5200
Manitoba 5 258 27 547
New Brunswick 0 594 18 1409
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 127 0 861
Nova Scotia 3 138 19 599
Ontario 884 395 3781 2824
Prince Edward Island 1 9 2 84
Quebec 5 2867 41 7929
Saskatchewan 38 550 234 1660
Canada 1026 6007 5234 25828

National H1N1 Statistics

  November 08 - November 14, 2009 Total Flu Season To Date (Sept. - Aug.)
  Hospitalizations Deaths Hospitalizations Deaths
Alberta 413 22 765 35
British Columbia 154 6 703 24
Manitoba 12 0 25 1
New Brunswick 36 2 82 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 23 5 139 7
Northwest Territories 2 0 42 0
Nova Scotia n/a n/a 66 1
Nunavut 1 0 1 0
Ontario 311 24 691 36
Prince Edward Island 15 0 36 0
Quebec 695 23 1391 31
Saskatchewan 9 2 13 4
Yukon 3 0 11 1
Canada 1674 84 3965 142

Information courtesy of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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