Weeks 7 and 8, February 12 – February 25, 2023

2022 -2023 Weeks 7 & 8 ,February 12- February 25 2023 Department of Health and Community Services Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Respiratory Weekly Highlights In weeks 7 and 8, there were no laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza, hospitalizations, ICU ad- missions, 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 7 & 8, 2022-2023 season Cases Hospitalizations ICU Admissions Deaths Week 0 0 0 0 Total 906 225 28 20 Community Hosp ICU Deaths 5-year average 240 220 200 180 160 1. [...] 2022- 2023 Seaso n Publ ish ed March 3 , 2023 1 Number of Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Respiratory Weekly Week 7 & 8 Influenza by type, RHA 560 A B 520 480 440 400 360 320 527 280 240 200 160 120 181 135 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 g. [...] 25 340 Parainfluenza virus 1 1 14 Parainfluenza virus 2 0 30 Parainfluenza virus 3 16 119 Adenovirus 11 172 Entero/Rhinovirus 29 685 hMPV 8 302 Source: Respiratory Virus Detection, Public Health Agency of Canada; Public Health and Microbiology Laboratory, Eastern Health *Total from August 28, 2022 to February 25, 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.