Community Madrid closed third week of January 5,488 new influenza cases A decrease of 48.9% from the previous week, At the same time, new positive cases of Covid-19 fell by 49.3% and the incidence of acute respiratory infections (ARI) also fell again.
Specifically, during the week of January 15-21, the region’s influenza incidence rate was 81.30 cases per 100,000 residents, compared with 159.36 cases per 100,000 residents recorded the week before and 177.93 cases recorded 15 years ago. Latest weekly epidemiological report from the Department of Health.
Therefore, this number is still much higher than the epidemic threshold of 24.95 set based on the past ten seasons, except for 2020/2021, which had almost no cases.
Specifically, in the third week of January, the EDO surveillance system (notifiable disease system) reported 5,488 cases, a decrease of 5,269 cases from the previous week. This brings the cumulative number of cases in the 2023/2024 season to 54,105.
The cumulative incidence rate in primary care in the third week of January was 67.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitantsThe decrease was 54.3% compared to the previous week, with the highest number among children aged 0 to 4 years old (117.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 258.1 cases in the previous week).
The weekly cumulative incidence of emergency admissions is 4.5 per 100,000 inhabitants (compared to 8.8 the previous week), with the highest rate among those aged 80 or older at 39.3 per 100,000 inhabitants (compared to 87 the previous week).
Throughout the season, 72.6% of confirmed influenza cases seen in primary care over the age of 80 years were vaccinated, compared with 53.1% of hospital admissions. A flu outbreak has infected 35 people at a senior center this week.
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The cumulative incidence rate of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in primary medical institutions was 662.9 cases per 100,000 residents in the second three years of this year, a decrease of 18.2% 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 29.5 cases per 100,000 residents, a decrease of 23.1% from the previous week. For its part, the incidence rate among those aged 80 or over was 250.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (compared to 341.8 cases in the previous week).
Low incidence rate of COVID-19
In terms of Covid-19, the region has seen a 49.3% drop in new cases since the third week of the year The number of Covid-19 infections is 441, 428 fewer than seven days ago (869), a drop of 23.6%.
This brings the cumulative incidence rate to 79.8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on day 14, after the addition of 1,310 new cases among the population over 60 years old, compared with day 7, which marks the manifestation of the virus in a shorter period of time. During the semester, there were 26.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, 26.1 percentage points lower than a week ago.
By group, the highest seven-day incidence rate was among those aged 90 or above, with 87.5 cases per 100,000 residents, but the number of cases among the 60 to 69-year-old group dropped by 53.4%, showing the most outstanding performance.
During the period analyzed, a Covid-19 outbreak occurred at a senior citizen center, infecting three people. Regarding variants of interest (VOI), the BA.2.86 lineage stood out in terms of frequency, with 87.8% of variants of interest detected.syncytial respiratory virus
Finally, with regard to RSV, the cumulative incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants in primary care last week was 472.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants for children under 1 year old and 38.9 cases for children 1 year old, with 5 and 1 cases respectively. A decrease of 33.4% from the previous week.
The cumulative weekly incidence of emergency admissions for children under 1 year old was 31.4 per 100,000 cases, a 62.5% decrease from the previous week.
There were 573 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 36 cases from the previous week. Therefore, the cumulative number of cases for the 2023/2024 season reaches 15,234.