The positivity for SARS-CoV2 in the community continues to increase, as do the hard indicators – admissions, intubations, deaths, according to the weekly epidemiological report of the EODY, for the period 3-9 June.

Influenza-like illness – ILI (regardless of pathogen)

The number of influenza cases per 1,000 visits remains low.

Severe Acute Respiratory Infection – SARI (regardless of pathogen)

The number of SARI cases per 1,000 visits remains low.

SARS-CoV2 virus – COVID-19 infection

The positivity in all tested samples showed an increase compared to the previous week.

The number of new admissions was 235. The average weekly number of new admissions over the previous four weeks was 126, and the number of admissions in the corresponding week in 2023 was 356.

The number of new intubations was four. The average weekly number of new intubations during the previous four weeks was two, and the number of intubations in the corresponding week in 2023 was 4. The number of patients with COVID-19 infection who are hospitalized with intubation is ten.

The death toll was eight. The average weekly number of deaths in the previous four weeks was four and the number of deaths in the corresponding week in 2023 was 39.

The most common sub-variant of BA.2 remains JN.1.

Viral load surveillance in municipal wastewater showed an increase in SARS-CoV-2 virus circulation in seven of the ten areas tested.

Influenza virus

Influenza positivity in the community (sentinel network) remains low, below 10% (seasonal threshold of start/end of epidemic influenza activity according to ECDC).

In the SARI network samples, positivity remains at low levels.

No new serious case with ICU hospitalization was recorded, nor was there a new death from laboratory-confirmed influenza.

A total of 146 people with laboratory-confirmed influenza have been hospitalized in the ICU since the start of influenza surveillance, and 70 deaths from laboratory-confirmed influenza have been recorded.

1,055 influenza strains (derived from community sentinel samples, from SARI surveillance samples and from hospital samples outside surveillance networks) were typed, of which 554 (53%) were type A and 501 (47%) were type B.

In total, 536 A-type strains have been subtyped in the two Influenza Reference Centers. 492 (92%) belonged to the A(H1)pdm09 subtype and 44 (8%) to the A(H3) subtype.

Respiratory syncytial virus – RSV

No positive samples were found in the community (PHC Sentinel surveillance network), while hospital positivity remained very low (SARI surveillance network).