There was an increase in positivity in all tested samples for covid-19, while a decrease in the number of deaths compared to the average weekly number of deaths in the previous 4 weeks.

SARS-CoV2 virus – COVID-19 infection

The positivity in all tested samples showed an increase compared to the previous week. The number of admissions (n=838) showed a 3% increase compared to the average weekly number of admissions in the previous 4 weeks and was lower than the number of admissions in the corresponding week in 2022. The number of new intubations (n=25) showed an increase compared to the average weekly number of new intubations during the previous 4 weeks (n=18) and was lower than the number of intubations in the corresponding week of 2022. The number of patients with COVID-19 infection hospitalized with intubation is 50. Recorded 45 deaths with a median age of 85 years (range 57-94 years). The number of deaths showed a decrease compared to the average weekly number of deaths in the previous 4 weeks (n=54) and was lower than the number of deaths in the corresponding week of 2022 in week 45, the most common sub-variant of BA.2 was EG.5 (47%) followed by XBB.1.5 (20%) and XBB.1.16 (10%) (provisional data).Surveillance of viral load in municipal wastewater showed increased circulation of SARS-CoV- 2 in 4 of the 9 areas tested.

Influenza virus

Influenza positivity in the community remains below 10%* (sentinel). One new serious case with hospitalization in ICU was recorded, as well as one new death from laboratory-confirmed influenza. A severe case of laboratory-confirmed influenza was retrospectively reported with
hospitalization in an ICU with an admission date within week 46/2023.
From week 40/2023 to week 47/2023, 6 people with laboratory-confirmed influenza were hospitalized in ICU and 4 deaths from laboratory-confirmed influenza were recorded
In the two influenza reference centers, from week 40/2023 to week 47/2023, 20 samples positive for influenza viruses (sentinel samples and hospital samples) have been recorded, namely 19 (95%) were type A and one (5 %) type B.
Of the 19 A-type strains subtyped, 4 (21%) belonged to the A(H3) subtype and 15 (79%) to the A(H1)pdm09 subtype.

Respiratory syncytial virus – RSV

Positivity is at low levels