Canada now seeing ‘influenza epidemic’ as flu cases continue to climb: PHAC
Nine regions across Ontario, New Brunswick, Alberta and Saskatchewan reported localized influenza activity during the most recent reporting week of Oct. 30 to Nov. 5. Those provinces along with Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island also reported sporadic activity across 22 regions.British Columbia, Manitoba and Nunavut did not report data to PHAC. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control’snoted influenza cases are also on the rise there, but did not give specific numbers.
Between Oct. 30 and Nov. 5, 2,234 laboratory detections of flu were reported. Among cases where ages were reported, 64 per cent were among patients under 20 years old. To date, more than half of all cases this year have involved children and teenagers. The new report came on the same day that Ontario’s chief medical officer of health strongly recommended residents wear masks indoors to protect against what he called a “triple threat” of influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus .
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