At the same time, two people have died from the flu since the beginning of the year
According to the weekly update of the EODY, the number of deaths from coronavirus in the last week has reached 168
153 are counted as intubated patients.
In summary for the week of 03/2023:
Influenza syndromes (regardless of pathogen)
A decrease compared to the previous week was recorded in the community, while the decrease applied to all age groups
SARS-CoV2 virus – COVID-19 infection.
The positivity in the total of tested samples decreased compared to the previous week.
Both the number of new intubations and the number of admissions for COVID-19 showed a decrease.
The number of intubated patients with COVID-19 infection was 153 and there were 168 deaths with a median age of 85 years (range 55-97).
The BA.5 sub-variant is still the most common Omicron sub-variant
The percentage of the sub-variant BQ.1.1 increased in relation to the other sub-variants of the strain BA.5 ✓ most frequent sub-variant of BA.2 remains BA.2.75 with a percentage of 46%, the sub-variant CH.1.1 corresponds at a rate of approximately 35% of BA.2 strains, while the XBB sub-variant follows with a rate of 15%.
The XBB.1.5 sub-variant has been detected in a total of 9 samples.
Viral load surveillance in municipal wastewater showed an increase in SARSCoV2 circulation in 2 of the 10 areas tested.
Influenza virus
Influenza positivity in the community showed no significant change.
2 new severe cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza were recorded, involving patients hospitalized in ICUs and 2 new deaths in the week of 03/2023.
From week 40/2022 to week 03/2023, 55 people with flu were hospitalized in ICU and 17 deaths were recorded.
From week 40/2022 to week 03/2023, 249 samples positive for influenza viruses (sentinel samples and hospital samples) were recorded in the two influenza reference centers, of which 246 (99%) were type A strains and 3 ( 1%) were type B strains.
Of the 245 type A strains, 236 (96%) were classified as subtype A(H3N2) and 9 (4%) as subtype A(H1N1)pdm09.
Respiratory syncytial virus – RSV.
The positivity showed a decrease compared to the previous week.
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