Influenza Situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W52/2020 (From 20/12/2020 to 26/12/2020) Source of Data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART
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WHO-EM/CSR/378/E Influenza situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region W52/2020 (from 20/12/2020 to 26/12/2020) Source of data : EMFLU Network and FLUMART 350 Number of positive influenza cases - 2019 Number of positive influenza cases - 2020 100 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2019 Percentage of positive cases (%) - 2020 90 300 80 250 70 60 200 50 150 40 100 30 Percentage Percentage of positive cases(%) Number of positive influenza Number of positive influenza cases 20 50 10 0 0 W11 W16 W21 W26 W31 W01 W02 W03 W04 W05 W06 W07 W08 W09 W10 W12 W13 W14 W15 W17 W18 W19 W20 W22 W23 W24 W25 W27 W28 W29 W30 W32 W33 W34 W35 W36 W37 W38 W39 W40 W41 W42 W43 W44 W45 W46 W47 W48 W49 W50 W51 W52 Epi week Figure 1. Number of positive influenza cases and influenza positivity rate per week, 2019-2020 W33/2019 - W52/2020 Last 4 weeks Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu B 11% 23% 31% 8% 38% 89% Figure 2. Percentage of circulating virus type by positive influenza cases W33/2019-W52/2020 Last 4 weeks Virus type Number (%) Number (%) Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 9212 (31) 2 (11) Flu A: seasonal H3N2 2375 (8) Flu A: Unsubtyped 11283 (38) Flu B 6888 (23) 16 (89) Total 29758 18 Table 1. Type and number of influenza viruses detected from W33/2019 to W52/2020 and during the last four weeks 1/2 Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B (blank) 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 Number of positive influenza Number of positive influenza cases 0 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 W41 W42 W43 W44 W45 W46 W47 W48 W49 W50 W51 W52 Figure 3. Comparison of respiratory pathogens detected from tested specimens by last 12 weeks Flu A: A(H1N1)pdm09 Flu A: seasonal H3N2 Flu A: Unsubtyped Flu B 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 Number of positive influenza Number of positive influenza cases 0 Less than 2 3 to 5 6 to 15 16 to 50 51 to 65 More than 65 Age group Figure. 4 Age group distribution of influenza cases by virus type in the Region from W33/2019 to W52/2020 Positive cases Number of Tested cases Infuenza positive cases Flu A Flu B Country enrolled number (%) number (%) cases Flu A Flu A (Not- Flu A (H3N2) (H1N1)pdm09 subtyped) Number (%) Afghanistan 3309 2079 (63) 142 (7) 38 (27) 61 (43) (-) 43 (30) Bahrain 342 317 (93) 46 (15) 14 (30) 8 (17) 10 (22) 14 (30) Egypt 13150 13150 (100) 684 (5) 387 (57) 140 (20) (-) 157 (23) Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5284 5284 (100) 712 (13) 26 (4) 3 (0) 93 (13) 590 (83) Iraq 178335 5591 (3) 305 (5) 102 (33) 44 (14) (-) 159 (52) Jordan 1369 1369 (100) 98 (7) 42 (43) 29 (30) 4 (4) 23 (23) Kuwait 4790 1273 (27) 218 (17) 9 (4) 15 (7) 131 (60) 63 (29) Lebanon 910 900 (99) 291 (32) 86 (30) 40 (14) (-) 165 (57) Morocco 764 764 (100) 187 (24) 35 (19) 121 (65) (-) 31 (17) occupied Palestinian territory 4381 4381 (100) 369 (8) 145 (39) 188 (51) (-) 36 (10) Oman 4584 4035 (88) 156 (4) 60 (38) 32 (21) 42 (27) 22 (14) Pakistan 165 165 (100) 13 (8) 6 (46) 7 (54) (-) (-) Qatar 17981 17982 (100) 3749 (21) 927 (25) 47 (1) 2116 (56) 659 (18) Saudi Arabia 7725 1767 (23) 539 (31) 230 (43) (-) 146 (27) 163 (30) Sudan 93 18 (19) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) Syrian Arab Republic 386 361 (94) 61 (17) 1 (2) (-) 56 (92) 4 (7) Tunisia 849 566 (67) 305 (54) 220 (72) 12 (4) 1 (0) 72 (24) United Arab Emirates 1696 1694 (100) 184 (11) 84 (46) 27 (15) (-) 73 (40) Yemen 437 443 (101) 76 (17) 63 (83) 8 (11) (-) 5 (7) Total 246550 62139 (25) 8135 (13) 2475 (30) 782 (10) 2599 (32) 2279 (28) Table 2. Reported cases by country during W01-W52/2020 © World Health Organization 2020. Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 IGO license (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/3.0/igo). 2/2.