Community respiratory infection rates increase despite decreases in influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus

Valencia (EFE). 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 inhabitants, compared with 804.5 cases in the previous week, which is still higher than the national average (a decrease from the previous week). 587.3 to 554.1).

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

According to sources from the Ministry of Health, acute respiratory infections (ARI) are also caused by viruses such as adenovirus, bocavirus, enterovirus or rhinovirus, which shows that although the incidence of influenza, new coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus has increased, decline, but there are other viruses that may increase global incidence.

The Covid-19 incidence rate dropped the most last week, to 8.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 41 cases the previous week, a decrease of 78.78%.

Secondly, the influenza incidence rate dropped by 48.23%, from 82.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants a week ago to 42.5 cases.

Finally, the incidence rate of the RSV virus in the sixth week of the year was 60.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 66 cases per 100,000 inhabitants the previous week, thus a decrease of 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.

The age group most affected by acute respiratory infections continues to be children under four years old, with an incidence rate of 3,319.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the sixth week, compared with 3,042 cases in the previous week.