Weeks 15 and 16, April 9 – April 22, 2023

2022 -2023 Weeks 15 & 16, April 9 - April 22 2023 Department of Health and Community Services Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Respiratory Weekly Highlights In weeks 15 and 16, there were two laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza, one hospitalization, no ICU admissions, or deaths (Table 1). [...] Emergency room visits with influenza-like illness (ILI) and symptomatic HealthLine calls increased in week 15 and decreased in week 16 (Figures 5 and 6). [...] Did you get it? Influenza vaccination remains one of the best methods to protect you and your family and prevent the spread of the virus! Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Table 1: Number of positive influenza cases in NL, by severity, week 15 & 16 2022-2023 season Cases Hospitalizations ICU Admissions Deaths Week 2 1 0 0 Total 917 227 28 20 Community Hosp ICU Deaths 5-year average 240 220 200 180 160. [...] 2022- 2023 Seaso n Publ ish ed Apr i l 28, 2023 1 Number of Laboratory-Confirmed Cases Respiratory Weekly Week 15 & 16 Influenza by type, RHA 560 A B 520 480 440 400 360 320 529 280 240 200 160 184 120 135 80 40 63 3 3 0 Eastern Central Western Lab-Grenfell Regional Health Authority Figure 2: Total number of laboratory-confirmed influenza A and B, by Regional Health Authority, 2022-2023 Influenza. [...] HealthLine Eastern Health Central Health Western Health Labrador-Grenfell Health Unknown\Declined\NA 600 540 480 420 360 300 240 180 120 60 0 Report Week Figure 6: Number of influenza-like-illness HealthLine calls by week and RHA, NL, 2022-2023 season Resources Provincial influenza statistics: Find a Flu shot clin.