Acute respiratory infections continue to decrease in primary care and hospitals, associated with lower positivity rates for influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus. As a result, influenza, COVID-19 and RSV infection activity continued to decline in all healthcare areas and across all age groups in the fifth week of the year, according to the Surveillance System for Acute Respiratory Infections (Svira). From the last week of 2023 to the third week of this year, and from week 52 of 2023, more than 5,066 deaths from various causes have been identified.
The overall national incidence rate fell to 554.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (589.9 the previous week), with a decrease seen in all autonomous regions, except for Castile-La Mancha, which remained unchanged with hospitalization rates per 100,000 inhabitants 20.9 cases among residents. 100,000.
Data from the Albacete Comprehensive Care Management Center shows that more than 550 people have been hospitalized this quarter due to some of the most important respiratory viral infections, including influenza, COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus).
When it comes to influenza, experts note that the flu season is coming to an end nationwide, while flu activity continues to decline in primary care and hospitals. COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus infection rates are also falling across all health care facilities.
More artificial. Since the first cases began to be detected in October 2023, a total of 254 acutely infected patients have been admitted to Albacete University Hospital this quarter, although the largest outbreak of infection occurred in the first weeks of January.
For respiratory syncytial virus, one of the leading causes of bronchiolitis in infants under two years of age, 152 people have been admitted to hospital so far this quarter and the impact of the virus is modest. This condition appears in young children during this season due to the start of vaccination against this disease.
Finally, from January to the last days of February alone, 150 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Albacete, while in all of 2023 there were 936 hospital admissions.
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