Flu Report: Canada

National Flu Activity: February 28 - March 06, 2010 (Week 9)

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  • No Activity
  • Sporadic
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  • Widespread

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

  • During week 9, the overall influenza activity remained low for at least 11 consecutive weeks and all influenza indicators were still considerably below expected levels for this time of the year.
  • One region in BC (Vancouver Coastal) reported localized activity and one outbreak in a school.
  • For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the proportion of positive tests for influenza B (0.08%) was higher than the proportion for influenza A (0.04%). However, only three specimens were positive for influenza (one pandemic H1N1 2009 and two influenza B) out of the 2,574 specimens tested for influenza in week 9.
  • Respiratory syncytial virus detections were still high in week 9 with 24.0% of tests being positive for RSV.
  • No new hospitalized cases with pandemic H1N1 2009 were reported this week. Since the beginning of 2010, only 10 hospitalizations and two deaths have occurred.

National Positive Flu Tests

  February 28 - March 06, 2010 Total 2009-2010 Flu Season
(Aug 30 - Mar 06, 2010)
  Flu* H1N1 Flu* H1N1
Alberta 0 0 108 5760
British Columbia 0 1 566 5805
Manitoba 0 0 127 1788
New Brunswick 0 0 21 1835
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0 0 951
Nova Scotia 0 0 34 753
Ontario 2 0 4252 3556
Prince Edward Island 0 0 1 96
Quebec 0 0 59 10648
Saskatchewan 0 0 300 2298
Canada 2 1 5468 33490
* Flu like symptoms that have not been lab-tested and may include some H1N1.

National H1N1 Statistics

  February 28 - March 06, 2010 Total 2009-2010 Flu Season
(Aug 30 - Mar 06, 2010)
  Hospitalizations Deaths Hospitalizations Deaths
Alberta 0 0 1276 71
British Columbia 0 0 1080 57
Manitoba 0 0 379 11
New Brunswick 0 0 163 8
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0 308 18
Northwest Territories 0 0 52 1
Nova Scotia 0 0 293 7
Nunavut 0 0 80 1
Ontario 0 0 1843 129
Prince Edward Island 0 0 50 0
Quebec 0 0 3063 108
Saskatchewan 0 0 67 15
Yukon 0 0 15 3
Canada 0 0 8669 429

Information courtesy of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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