Atypical winter reduces flu and COVID-19 but increases respiratory infections

The incidence of acute respiratory infections in the Autonomous Region of Valencia has increased in the sixth week of this year and has reached 867.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitantsCompared with 804.5 in the previous period, it is still higher than the national average (down from 587.3 to 554.1).

This was mentioned in the latest bulletin of the Surveillance System for Acute Respiratory Infections (SIVIRA) released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, which contains data from the sixth week of this year (February 5 to 11), but still reflects: Incidences of influenza, COVID-19, and syncytial virus (RSV) have decreased.

According to Ministry of Health sources, acute respiratory infections (ARI) are also caused by viruses, e.g. adenovirus, bocavirus, enterovirus or rhinovirus, This explains why although the incidence of influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus has declined, there are other viruses that may be increasing global incidence.

Last week’s biggest drop in covid-19 cases occurred as it was located in There are 8.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants,

Compared to the previous week’s 41, this was a decrease of 78.78%.

Secondly, the incidence of influenza has declined, 48.23%, reaching 42.5 cases per 100,000 residentscompared with 82.1 a week ago.

Finally, the incidence of RSV virus in the sixth week of this year 60.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitantsit was 66 the previous week, so it was down 8.03%.

The incidence of severe acute respiratory infections has increased by 3 percentage points, from 15.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants last week to 18.1 currently, but is already not below the average exceeded in Spain, as the national average is 13.9.

Age most affected by acute respiratory infections remains those under four years old In the sixth week, the incidence rate was 3,319.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 3,042 cases in the previous week.