Flu Report: Canada

National Flu Activity: March 07 - March 13, 2010 (Week 10)

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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

  • Overall influenza activity has remained low for at least 12 consecutive weeks and all influenza indicators were still considerably below expected levels for this time of the year.
  • All reporting provinces and territories had similar ILI consultation rates compared to their respective ILI rates in the previous weeks except BC and AB which had higher rates this week.
  • The proportion of tests that were positive for influenza during week 10 (0.34%, 8/2,383) increased slightly compared to the previous week, but still remained at a very low level for this time of year. Of the eight positive specimens, four (50%) were positive for pandemic H1N1 2009, two (25%) were unsubtyped influenza A and two (25%) were positive for influenza B.
  • Respiratory syncytial virus detections peaked during week 7 (28.3%), but were still high this week with a proportion of positive tests of 19.7%.
  • 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.
  • Pandemic influenza virus continued to be the predominant circulating influenza virus worldwide as of week 9, however, circulation of seasonal influenza B viruses continued to increase.

National Positive Flu Tests

  March 07 - March 13, 2010 Total 2009-2010 Flu Season
(Aug 30 - Mar 13, 2010)
  Flu* H1N1 Flu* H1N1
Alberta 2 0 110 5760
British Columbia 0 3 566 5808
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 4254 3556
Prince Edward Island 0 0 1 96
Quebec 0 1 59 10649
Saskatchewan 0 0 300 2298
Canada 4 4 5472 33494
* Flu like symptoms that have not been lab-tested and may include some H1N1.

National H1N1 Statistics

  March 07 - March 13, 2010 Total 2009-2010 Flu Season
(Aug 30 - Mar 13, 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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