COVID-19 is unlike any virus that we have faced in Alberta in more than 100 years.”Alberta is writing “a very different story” this year when it comes to cases of influenza, with zero lab-confirmed cases reported as of Jan.
28, the chief medical officer of health said Thursday. Alberta has reported 0 cases of influenza so far this season That’s a stark difference to last year, when the province recorded 8,470 cases, as well as 1,605 hospitalizations, with 161 people having to be admitted to ICUs.
Forty-one people died in hospital from the flu last year.“To date, we have not had a single confirmed case of seasonal influenza in the province.“This is not a result of no longer testing for influenza or testing fewer samples,” Hinshaw said.