The update of the EODY on the course of viral infections of the respiratory system (coronavirus, influenza viruses and respiratory syncytial virus – RSV) in our country for the week of March 6, 2023 – March 12, 2023
A total of 70 deaths from coronavirus were recorded in the week from March 6 to 12, according to the EODY report. According to the report, the rate of hospital admissions decreased.
In summary for the week of 10/2023:
Influenza syndromes (regardless of pathogen)
✓ a decrease compared to the previous week was recorded in the community
✓ a decrease was recorded in the age groups 5-14 years and 15-64 years, while a small increase
recorded in the age groups 0-4 and >=65 years
SARS-CoV2 virus – COVID-19 infection
✓ the positivity in all the tested samples showed a decrease compared to
last week
✓ the number of admissions for COVID-19 showed a decrease compared to the previous one
week (down 18.7% compared to the average weekly number of new admissions during
previous 4 weeks).
✓ the number of new intubations showed a small increase compared to the previous one
week (7% decrease compared to the average weekly number of new intubations during
previous 4 weeks).
✓ the number of patients with COVID-19 infection who are hospitalized with intubation is 96
✓ 70 deaths were recorded with a median age of 86 years (range 51-95)
✓ during the weeks 07-08/2023 all sequenced strains belonged to sub-variants BA.2
and BA.5 of Omicron
✓ the detection frequency of BA.2 showed an increase and amounted to 56% of all
of sequenced samples during weeks 07-08
✓ the sub-variant BQ.1.1 was the most frequent sub-variant of BA.5
✓ the most frequent BA.2 sub-variant was XBB.1.5 (41%), followed by BA.2.75 sub-variant (26%) and XBB sub-variant (16%)
✓ surveillance of viral load in municipal wastewater showed an increase in SARSCoV2 virus circulation in 4 out of 10 areas tested
Influenza virus
✓ flu positivity in the community has decreased
✓ no new serious case of laboratory-confirmed influenza with hospitalization was recorded in
ICU, while a new death from laboratory-confirmed influenza was reported
✓ from week 40/2022 to week 10/2023, 65 people were hospitalized with flu in
ICU and 22 deaths were recorded
✓ during the same period, 305 samples positive for viruses were recorded in the two influenza reference centers
influenza (sentinel and hospital samples), of which 279 (92%) were strains
type A and 26 (9%) type B strains
✓ of the 276 type A strains subtyped, 256 (93%) were classified into the subtype
A(H3N2) and 20 (7%) in subtype A(H1N1)pdm09
✓ During the last two weeks, an excess of type B is recorded
Respiratory syncytial virus – RSV
✓ positivity remained at the same levels
Source :Skai
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