Community Madrid reports 1,762 new influenza cases in first week of Februarydown 35.5% from last week The Covid-19 positivity rate dropped by 34.6%.
Specifically, during the week of February 29-4, 1,762 cases were reported through the EDO surveillance system (notifiable disease system), a decrease of 971 cases from the previous week. This brings the cumulative number of cases in the 2023/2024 season to 58,600.
In the fifth week of this year, the influenza incidence rate in the region was 26.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, thus approaching the epidemic threshold, based on 24.95 cases set for the past eight seasons, except for 2020/2021, in which there were almost no cases.
In the third week of January, the cumulative incidence rate in primary care was 20.9 cases per 100,000 residents, a 42.6% decrease from the previous week. In this case, the highest figures were found in the 0 to 4-year-old group, with 34.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, compared with 45.5 the previous week.
There were 1.2 emergency admissions per 100,000 inhabitants (compared to 14.9 the previous week), with the highest number being among people over 80 years old, with 8.5 compared to 14.9 seven days ago.
81.8% of confirmed influenza cases in primary care over the age of 80 years seen in primary care throughout the season were vaccinated (58.5% of admissions), compared with 59.2% of people aged 65 to 79 years (32.7% of admissions).
COVID-19 incidence rates drop
As far as Covid-19 is concerned, the number of new Covid-19 cases in the region has dropped by 34.6% since the start of the fifth week of the year, with a total of 202 infections, 107 fewer than in the previous seven days (309 cases). ), a decrease of 30.1%.
This brings the cumulative incidence rate on day 14 to 31.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, after the addition of 511 new cases among the over-60 population, while the cumulative incidence rate on day 7 marks the spread of the virus over a shorter period of time Performance. During the semester, the number fell to 12.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, 6.5 percentage points lower than a week ago.
During the analysis period, an outbreak of Covid-19 was recorded, with 15 people infected, at the Disability Center. 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 respiratory syncytial virus, the cumulative incidence rate in primary care last week was 517.7 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 was 31.4 per 100,000 people for children under 1 year old and 9.5 for adults.
There were 706 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 44 cases from the previous week. Therefore, the cumulative number of cases for the 2023/2024 season reaches 16,602.
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The cumulative incidence rate of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in primary medical institutions was 523.2 cases per 100,000 residents in the fifth week of this year, a decrease of 1% from the previous week, with the highest incidence occurring in the 0 to April age group.
Among them, the weekly cumulative emergency admission rate was 19.7 cases per 100,000 residents, a decrease of 0.7% from the previous week.
The incidence rate is highest among those aged 0 to 4 years, while among those aged 80 or older the incidence rate is 145.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (compared to 163.5 cases in the previous week).