The cases of coronavirus showed an increased positivity, from August 14 to 20 compared to the previous week, in all the tested samples according to the latest data from the EODY.

The number of admissions for COVID-19 (n=641) showed an increase compared to the previous week and a 54% increase compared to the average weekly number of new admissions during
previous 4 weeks.

The number of new intubations (n=9) showed an increase compared to the previous week and a 29% increase compared to the average weekly number of new intubations by
the previous 4 weeks.

The number of intubated patients with COVID-19 infection is 13.

There were 33 deaths with a median age of 82 years (range 63-99 years).

During the last few weeks all the strains sequenced belonged to the Omicron sub-variant BA.2.

At week 29 the most frequent BA.2 sub-variant was XBB.1.5 (48%), followed by EG.5 (36%).

Viral load surveillance in municipal wastewater showed an increase in SARSCoV-2 virus circulation in 7 of the 9 areas tested.

The cases of flu season subscriptions (regardless of pathogen).

Influenza positivity in the community remains below 10% (sentinel) while no new severe case of laboratory-confirmed influenza with ICU hospitalization was recorded
in week 33/2023, no new death from laboratory-confirmed influenza.

From week 40/2022 to week 33/2023, 70 people with flu were hospitalized in the ICU and 27 deaths were recorded.

During the same period, 377 samples positive for influenza viruses (sentinel samples and hospital samples) were recorded in the two influenza reference centers, of which 292 (77.5%) were strains
type A and 85 (22.5%) type B strains.

Of the 290 type A strains subtyped, 258 (89%) were classified into subtype A(H3N2) and 32 (11%) into subtype A(H1N1)pdm09

End, all tested samples for respiratory syncytial virus were negative.