Unified epidemiological report on Covid-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus released today (03 September) by EODY.

Summing up the week 09/2023:

Influenza syndromes (regardless of pathogen)

✓ there was an increase in the community compared to the previous week
✓ The increase affected the age groups 15-64 and >65 years old

SARS-CoV2 virus – COVID-19 infection

✓ positive result in all tested samples remained at the level of the previous week
✓ The number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 showed a decrease compared to the previous week. This is 3.4% less than the average weekly number of new arrivals over the previous 4 weeks.
✓ The number of new intubations has slightly increased compared to the previous week. The average weekly number of new intubations increased by 7% compared to the previous 4 weeks.
✓ The number of patients with COVID-19 infection hospitalized for intubation is 95.
✓ 89 deaths reported with a mean age of 83 years (range 61-96 years)
✓ sub-variant BA.5 is the most common sub-variant of Omicron
✓ sub-option BQ.1.1. is the most common sub-variant of BA.5.
✓ The most common BA.2 sub-option remains BA.2.75 (43%), followed by XBB.1.5 sub-option (25%) and XBB and CH.1.1 sub-options with a share of 15%
✓ Viral load surveillance in urban wastewater showed increased circulation of the SARSCoV2 virus in 5 out of 10 areas tested

flu virus

✓ Decreased flu positivity rates in the community
✓ no new severe cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza with ICU admissions, nor new deaths from laboratory-confirmed influenza
✓ From week 40/2022 to week 09/2023, 65 people with influenza were admitted to intensive care units and 21 deaths were recorded.
✓ During the same period, 297 positive influenza specimens (sentinel specimens and hospital specimens) were registered at two influenza reference centers, of which 278 (94%) were type A strains and 16 (6%) were type B strains
✓ Of the 276 subtyped type A strains, 256 (93%) were assigned to the subtype A(H3N2) and 20 (7%) to the subtype A(H1N1)pdm09

Respiratory syncytial virus – RSV

✓ positive decreased