Flu Report: Canada

National Flu Activity: February 21 - February 27, 2010 (Week 8)

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National Flu Activity Map

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National Summary

  • During week 8, overall influenza activity remained at approximately the same level as last week and all influenza indicators were still considerably below expected levels for this time of the year.
  • Of the 2,646 specimens tested for influenza in week 8, 7 (0.26%) were positive of which 6 (86%) were for influenza A and one (14%) was positive for influenza B. Of the 5 influenza A viruses that were subtyped, all were pandemic H1N1 2009.
  • Respiratory syncytial virus detections were still high but the proportion of positive detections declined to 24.0% for the first time since the beginning of 2010 in week 8.
  • 32 hospitalized cases (QC & NL), 23 ICU admissions (BC, ON & NL) and one death (ON) with pandemic H1N1 2009 were reported this week. However, the majority were retrospective cases that occurred during either the first or second wave. Only the one hospitalized case in QC and the death in ON occurred during week 8. Since the beginning of 2010, only 10 hospitalizations and two deaths have occurred.

National Positive Flu Tests

  February 21 - February 27, 2010 Total 2009-2010 Flu Season
(Aug 30 - Feb 27, 2010)
  Flu* H1N1 Flu* H1N1
Alberta 0 0 108 5760
British Columbia 0 0 566 5804
Manitoba 0 0 127 1788
New Brunswick 0 0 21 1835
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0 0 951
Nova Scotia 1 0 34 753
Ontario 0 3 4362 3556
Prince Edward Island 0 0 1 96
Quebec 1 2 56 10648
Saskatchewan 0 0 300 2298
Canada 2 5 5575 33489
* Flu like symptoms that have not been lab-tested and may include some H1N1.

National H1N1 Statistics

  February 21 - February 27, 2010 Total 2009-2010 Flu Season
(Aug 30 - Feb 27, 2010)
  Hospitalizations Deaths Hospitalizations Deaths
Alberta 0 0 1147 64
British Columbia 0 0 1031 52
Manitoba 0 0 166 4
New Brunswick 0 0 161 8
Newfoundland and Labrador 31 0 305 18
Northwest Territories 0 0 46 1
Nova Scotia 0 0 276 6
Nunavut 0 0 6 0
Ontario 0 1 1444 104
Prince Edward Island 0 0 49 0
Quebec 1 0 2491 81
Saskatchewan 0 0 44 11
Yukon 0 0 15 3
Canada 32 1 7181 352

Information courtesy of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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