Last week, a total of 814 patients had approached general practitioners with acute symptoms of upper respiratory infection, 185 of whom were diagnosed with “influenza” based on a typical clinical picture.
A week ago, 111 patients had been diagnosed, and two weeks earlier 56.
The highest incidence was recorded in the 0-4 age group last week.
Last week, 29 cases of influenza were laboratory confirmed, with 28 cases of influenza type A and 1 case of influenza type B.
Since the beginning of the year, there have been 5 reported dead who have been laboratory-confirmed to have contracted influenza. All of the dead were in the over-70 s age group, had multiple side ailments and none had been vaccinated for the flu.
There is a slight decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in Latvia – 96 cases of Covid-19 have been laboratory confirmed (a week ago 112), and 727 (previously 777) laboratory tests have been performed.
The number of inpatient Covid-19 patients has fallen to 84 (118 a week earlier).
9 deaths of Covid-19 patients were recorded (a week earlier - 23) in the age group “60 years and over.” In at least 5 cases, Covid-19 was the primary diagnosis.
