Week 2, January 8 – January 14, 2023

2022 -2023 Week 2, January 8 - January 14 2023 Department of Health and Community Services Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Respiratory Weekly Highlights In week 2, there were 14 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza, 3 hospitalizations, no ICU admissions or deaths (Table 1). [...] Did you get it? Influenza vaccination remains one of the best methods to protect you and your family and prevent the spread of the virus! Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Table 1: Number of positive influenza cases in NL, by severity, week 2, 2022-2023 season Cases Hospitalizations ICU Admissions Deaths Week 14 3 0 0 Total 902 224 28 19 Community Hosp ICU Deaths 5-year average 240 220 200 180 160 140. [...] 2022- 2023 Seaso n Publ ish ed January 20, 2023 1 Number of Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Respiratory Weekly Week 2 Influenza by type, RHA 560 A B 520 480 440 400 360 320 524 280 240 200 160 120 180 135 80 40 63 0 Eastern Central Western Lab-Grenfell Regional Health Authority Figure 2: Total number of laboratory-confirmed influenza A and B, by Regional Health Authority, 2022-2023 Influenza by age gro. [...] 8 232 Parainfluenza virus 1 0 4 Parainfluenza virus 2 1 29 Parainfluenza virus 3 10 48 Adenovirus 6 135 Entero/Rhinovirus 14 540 hMPV 5 244 Source: Respiratory Virus Detection, Public Health Agency of Canada; Public Health and Microbiology Laboratory, Eastern Health *Total from August 28, 2022 to January 14, 2023. [...] HealthLine Eastern Health Central Health Western Health Labrador-Grenfell Health Unknown\Declined\NA 600 540 480 420 360 300 240 180 120 60 0 Report Week Figure 6: Number of influenza-like-illness HealthLine calls by week and RHA, NL, 2022-2023 season Resources Provincial influenza statistics: Find a Flu shot clin.