Flu hospitalizations nearly double as H3N2 spreads across Canada
Global News
For the week ending Dec. 13, Canada saw 11,646 new cases of the flu being detected, which means 27.7 per cent of all the tests conducted in the country came out positive.
The rate of hospitalization from influenza in Canada has nearly doubled compared to the previous week of available data, with infections now up almost 30 per cent, Health Canada’s latest figures show.
For the week ending Dec. 13, Canada saw 11,646 new cases of flu being detected, which means 27.7 per cent of all the tests conducted in the country came out positive.
This was an increase of 71 per cent compared to the week before, which saw 6,799 new cases and a positivity rate of 20.2 per cent.
The flu is also landing more Canadians in the hospital, with hospitalizations at 6.2 people per 100,00 of the population — up from 3.6 the week before.
The number of outbreaks reported around Canada soared from 91 in the first week of December to 186 for the week ending Dec. 13, data showed.
During this week, 44 regions across 11 provinces and territories reported influenza activity.
“All indicators of influenza activity are high and increasing. All regions throughout the country are reporting increasing influenza activity,” Health Canada said on its website.
“Widespread” flu activity was reported in 11 regions across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec.
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