Community Madrid reports 2,733 new flu cases in fourth week of Januaryaccounting for half compared with the previous week, while new positive cases of Covid-19 fell by 33.1%, and The incidence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) has fallen again, this time by 21.4%.
Specifically, according to the Ministry of Health’s latest weekly epidemiological report, the region’s influenza incidence rate was 24.95 cases per 100,000 residents during the week of January 22-28, compared with 81.3 cases the previous week. .
This is also the lowest level so far this year, with 177.93 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the first week of the year and 159.36 in the second week.
In any case, this number is still well above the epidemic threshold of 24.95 set over the past ten seasons, except for 2020/2021, which has almost no cases.
Specifically, in the fourth week of January, the EDO surveillance system (notifiable diseases system) reported 2,733 cases, a decrease of 2,755 cases from the previous week. This brings the cumulative number of cases in the 2023/2024 season to 56,838.
The cumulative incidence rate in primary care in the third week of January was 35.5 cases per 100,000 residents, a decrease of 48.2% from the previous week. The cumulative weekly incidence of emergency admissions was 1.6 per 100,000 inhabitants (versus 4.5 in the previous week).
Throughout the season, 81.1% of confirmed influenza cases in primary care over the age of 80 years were vaccinated, compared with 58.3% of hospital admissions. A flu outbreak infected five people at a senior center this week.
acute respiratory infection
The cumulative incidence rate of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in primary medical institutions in the second half of this year was 526.5 cases per 100,000 residents, a decrease of 21.4% from the previous week, with the incidence rate from January to April being higher. Year group.
Among them, the weekly cumulative emergency admission rate was 19.9 cases per 100,000 residents, a decrease of 32.8% from the previous week. For its part, the incidence rate among those aged 80 or over was 163.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (250.5 cases in the previous week).
Low incidence rate of COVID-19
As far as Covid-19 is concerned, the region started the fourth week of the year with a 33.1% decline in the number of new Covid-19 cases, with 297 infections, 147 fewer than in the previous seven days (869 cases). ), down 49%.
This brings the cumulative incidence rate to 45.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on day 14, after 741 new cases among the population over 60 years old, and on day 7, which marks the manifestation of the virus in a shorter period of time. During the semester, the number of cases fell to 18.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, 9 percentage points lower than a week ago.
during analysis Covid-19 outbreak at senior center, 6 people infected. Regarding variants of interest (VOI), the BA.2.86 lineage stood out in terms of frequency, with 85.4% of variants of interest detected.
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Finally, regarding RSV, the cumulative incidence rate in primary care last week was 495.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants for children under 1 year old and 38.9 cases for children 1 year old, similar to the previous week’s figures.
The cumulative weekly incidence of emergency admissions for children under 1 year old was 31.4 per 100,000 children.
There were 662 cases of bronchitis/bronchiolitis in children aged 0-4 years old registered in primary medical institutions through the suspected case surveillance system, an increase of 89 cases from the previous week. Therefore, the cumulative number of cases for the 2023/2024 season reaches 15,896.