Flu Report: Canada

Flu Report: Canada

National Flu Activity: November 22 - November 28, 2009 (Week 47)

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National Flu Activity Map

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

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National Summary

  • Nationally, the activity levels reported this week continued to decrease compared to the previous week.
  • All FluWatch influenza indicators declined during week 47.
  • 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 moderately high with 804 hospitalizations, 139 ICU admissions and 56 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 PE and 3 territories. From August 30 to November 28, 2009, a total of 6,314 hospitalized cases including 957 (15.2%) cases admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) as well as 259 deaths had been reported.

National Positive Flu Tests

  November 22 - November 28, 2009 Total Flu Season To Date (Sept. - Aug.)
  Flu H1N1 Flu H1N1
Alberta 11 63 484 5044
British Columbia 1 153 564 5698
Manitoba 17 360 105 1603
New Brunswick 0 121 22 1787
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 17 0 942
Nova Scotia 2 20 24 735
Ontario 101 86 4264 3376
Prince Edward Island 0 1 2 96
Quebec 1 773 45 10177
Saskatchewan 18 170 286 2199
Canada 151 1764 5796 31657

National H1N1 Statistics

  November 22 - November 28, 2009 Total Flu Season To Date (Sept. - Aug.)
  Hospitalizations Deaths Hospitalizations Deaths
Alberta 93 7 1067 50
British Columbia 99 8 906 37
Manitoba 0 0 35 2
New Brunswick 31 1 160 7
Newfoundland and Labrador 10 8 245 15
Northwest Territories 1 0 45 1
Nova Scotia 46 2 250 5
Nunavut 0 0 2 0
Ontario 216 16 1161 70
Prince Edward Island 1 0 47 0
Quebec 299 13 2355 62
Saskatchewan 8 1 27 8
Yukon 0 0 14 2
Canada 804 56 6314 259

Information courtesy of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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