Flu Report: Canada

Flu Report: Canada

National Flu Activity: November 29 - December 05, 2009 (Week 48)

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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

  • At the national level, the overall influenza activity continued to decrease this week.
  • All FluWatch influenza indicators declined for at least the third consecutive week. The ILI consultation rate was even within the expected ranged for this time of the year.
  • 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 moderate. A decline has been experienced by all provinces and territories as indicated in the continued decreasing number of reported hospitalized cases (307 vs. 804), ICU admissions (83 vs. 139) and deaths (33 vs. 56) reported this week. Hospitalized cases occurred in all provinces and territories (PTs) that reported this week except YT while the deaths were from all PTs except NB, PE, NT and NU. From August 30 to December 5, 2009, a total of 6,621 hospitalized cases including 1,041 (15.7%) cases admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) as well as 292 (4.4%) deaths had been reported.

National Positive Flu Tests

  November 29 - December 05, 2009 Total Flu Season To Date (Sept. - Aug.)
  Flu H1N1 Flu H1N1
Alberta 2 48 98 5304
British Columbia 1 49 565 5747
Manitoba 17 97 122 1700
New Brunswick 0 29 22 1816
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 6 0 948
Nova Scotia 3 14 27 749
Ontario 39 66 4303 3473
Prince Edward Island 0 8 2 108
Quebec 1 307 46 10484
Saskatchewan 10 63 296 2262
Canada 73 687 5481 32591

National H1N1 Statistics

  November 29 - December 05, 2009 Total Flu Season To Date (Sept. - Aug.)
  Hospitalizations Deaths Hospitalizations Deaths
Alberta 40 5 1107 55
British Columbia 52 5 958 42
Manitoba 0 0 35 2
New Brunswick 6 0 166 7
Newfoundland and Labrador 17 1 262 16
Northwest Territories 1 0 46 1
Nova Scotia 2 1 253 6
Nunavut 3 0 5 0
Ontario 115 9 1275 79
Prince Edward Island 2 0 49 0
Quebec 67 10 2422 72
Saskatchewan 2 1 29 9
Yukon 0 1 14 3
Canada 307 33 6621 292

Information courtesy of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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