# 6849
Yesterday’s FluView report from the CDC showed flu and flu-like-illnesses well entrenched across most of the United States, albeit with activity in some areas down slightly over the week before.
This year, it has been primarily A/H3N2 causing most of the misery, but two strains of influenza B (Yamagata & Victoria lineage) are circulating as well.
From north of the border, we get PHAC’s weekly FluWatch surveillance, which indicates much the same. A few excerpts from this week’s report.
- Although the percentage of positive laboratory tests for influenza declined slightly in week 01, more regions across Canada reported widespread and localized influenza activity and 107 new influenza outbreaks were reported.
- A total of 3864 laboratory detections of influenza were reported, of which 98.1% were for influenza A viruses, predominantly A(H3N2).
- 69 new paediatric influenza-associated hospitalizations were reported through the IMPACT network.
- 26 new adult influenza-associated hospitalizations were reported through the PCIRN-SOS network.
- The ILI consultation rate decreased, but is above the expected range for this time of year.
