Flu Report: Canada

Flu Report: Canada

National Flu Activity: December 06 - December 12, 2009 (Week 49)

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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

  • On week 49, the overall influenza activity continued to decline for the fourth consecutive week in Canada.
  • The ILI consultation rate was below the expected range for this time of the year and only 6.6% of the specimens tested were positive for influenza. The Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 strain still accounted for nearly 100% of the positive influenza A subtyped specimens this week.
  • The number of hospitalized cases (159 vs. 307), ICU admissions (40 vs. 83) and deaths (21 vs. 33) reported this week are about half of those reported last week. Among reporting provinces and territories (PTs) this week, hospitalized cases occurred in only six provinces (BC, AB, SK, ON, QC & NS). Deaths reported this week were also from the same five provinces except MB (BC, AB, SK, MB, ON & QC).
  • From August 30 to December 12, 2009, a total of 6,779 hospitalized cases including 1,081 (15.9%) cases admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) as well as 313 (4.6%) deaths had been reported.

National Positive Flu Tests

  December 06 - December 12, 2009 Total Flu Season To Date (Sept. - Aug.)
  Flu H1N1 Flu H1N1
Alberta 4 27 102 5362
British Columbia 1 25 566 5772
Manitoba 3 30 125 1730
New Brunswick 0 11 22 1827
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 3 0 951
Nova Scotia 4 1 31 750
Ontario 21 28 4324 3501
Prince Edward Island 0 0 2 100
Quebec 2 107 51 10591
Saskatchewan 4 28 300 2290
Canada 39 260 5523 32874

National H1N1 Statistics

  December 06 - December 12, 2009 Total Flu Season To Date (Sept. - Aug.)
  Hospitalizations Deaths Hospitalizations Deaths
Alberta 14 2 1121 57
British Columbia 23 4 981 46
Manitoba N/A 1 35 3
New Brunswick N/A 0 163 7
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 0 262 16
Northwest Territories 0 0 46 1
Nova Scotia 12 0 265 6
Nunavut 0 0 5 0
Ontario 69 9 1343 88
Prince Edward Island 0 0 49 0
Quebec 39 4 2461 76
Saskatchewan 5 1 34 10
Yukon 0 0 14 3
Canada 159 21 6779 313

Information courtesy of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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