The Directorate of Health
Respiratory tract infections. Week 11 of 2023
23rd March 2023
The weekly number of diagnoses of confirmed influenza has not been higher since the turn of the year. The majority of diagnoses now are of influenza B strain, as has been the case in recent weeks.
-Automatic translation
In this second wave of influenza during the winter, proportionally more people in the age group 5-14 are diagnosed compared with the influenza peak earlier this winter. There are now fewer older individuals diagnosed with confirmed influenza than before and during the New Year. There was an increase in hospitalizations at Landspitali hospital due to influenza at week 11 compared to the previous seven weeks. The majority of those admitted last week due to influenza were older individuals. Similar numbers of patients were diagnosed with confirmed COVID-19 infection at week 11 compared to week 10, and similar numbers were admitted with/for COVID-19 at week 11 compared to week 10. The same number of patients were admitted for RCV at week 11 as in week 10. The number of scarlet fever cases was comparable between weeks but the number of sore throats decreased between weeks.
In a new report (Icelandic), the incidence of respiratory diseases in the 10th week of 2023 is reviewed in more detail.
The Chief Epidemiologist