Corona virus: 168 deaths in the last week – in which areas “Kragon” and “arthrosis” are spreading

The number of cases of flu has decreased compared to last week Corona virus Epidemiological surveillance of respiratory infections according to the weekly report of EODY.

In particular, the positivity of the coronavirus showed a decrease There was no significant change in fever. At the same time, after mid-December, cases of CH.1.1 mutation (arthrosis) showed a significant increase in our country, which now corresponds to about 7% of the total, while the number of invasive patients is also increasing.

The prevalence of the Kraken (XBB.1.5) subvariant of Omicron has been dominant in the US, and the new strain ‘Arthros’ (CH.1.1), which is dominant in Britain, has so far been limited.

A total of 72 arthrosis shocks were recorded in the four weeks ending January 9, most in Attica.

In detail, 57 cases were recorded in the Greater Athens area, 6 in Praeus and 2 in Eastern Attica.

Also, 4 cases of arthroses concern Heraklion and 1 case each in Achaia, Eurytania and Thesprodia.

The lowest, just 9, positive kraken samples in the same period, is about Attica.

In particular, 8 cases concerned the wider area of ​​Athens and one Piraeus.

Specifically:

Influenza syndromes (regardless of pathogen)

✓ This discount is applicable for all age groups
SARS-CoV2 virus – covid-19 infection
✓ The positivity in all samples tested has decreased compared to the previous week
✓ Number of admissions for Covid-19 has decreased
✓ Number of new infusions decreased
✓ The number of patients with Covid-19 infection is 153.

✓ 168 deaths were recorded with a median age of 85 (range 55-97).
✓ The BA.5 subvariant is the most common Omicron subvariant
✓ Increased percentage of sub-variant BQ.1.1 relative to other sub-variants of BA.5 -variant CH.1.1 corresponds to approximately 35% percentage of BA.2 strains, while sub-variant XBB follows 15% percentage
✓ The XBB.1.5 subvariant was detected in a total of 9 samples.
✓ Monitoring of viral load in municipal wastewater showed increased circulation of SARSCoV2 virus in 2 of 10 areas examined.

Influenza virus
✓ Positivity for influenza in the community showed no significant change
✓ During the week of 03/2023 2 new cases of severe influenza were recorded, including patients hospitalized in the ICU and 2 new deaths.
✓ From week 40/2022 to week 03/2023, 55 people with flu were admitted to hospital ICU and 17 deaths were recorded
✓ From week 40/2022 to week 03/2023, 249 samples (sentinel samples and hospital samples) positive for influenza viruses were registered in two influenza reference centers, of which 246 (99%) were type A strains and 3 (1%) were type B strains.
✓ Of the 245 type A strains, 236 (96%) were classified as subtype A(H3N2) and 9 (4%) as subtype A(H1N1)pdm09.

Respiratory syncytial virus – RSV
✓ Decreased positivity compared to previous week