Flu and respiratory illness in the region appear to have levelled off for the time being.
The Hastings Prince Edward Public Health weekly respiratory illness dashboard shows just two new lab-confirmed cases of influenza diagnosed last week, both influenza A.
There have been 178 cases of influenza A and just one case of influenza B.
Emergency department visits for influenza-like illness were down, accounting for 1.31% of all visits compared to 2.16% the week before.
No new institutional outbreaks were declared last week but two remain ongoing.
Active COVID-19 cases remained relatively unchanged.
Public Health’s COVID dashboard shows 146 active high-risk cases, an increase of one over last week.
There were 120 new confirmed cases over the last seven days.
The number of deaths remains at 101.
There are 13 people in hospital, up three, while active outbreaks increased from six to 8.
