Canada’s flu season has peaked and is showing signs of being nearly over, according to the latest national FluWatch report released on Jan. 13.
The report said that for the week of Jan.1 to Jan.7, influenza had “declined sharply” from the peak that occurred at the end of November 2022, and is now “below expected pre-pandemic levels.”
FluWatch is the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC) national flu surveillance system and releases reports every Friday during active influenza season.
The report said that flu levels are now at the expected levels typical for this time of year.
The number of children hospitalized has also declined sharply—from a peak of 247 hospitalizations that occurred during the week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 3, 2022—and is now within normal levels. In the first week of January, 30 pediatric hospitalizations associated with influenza were reported….