In the Kharkiv region, the number of patients with influenza and ARVI increased

23 January 2018, 10:30 | Health 
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According to Depo. Kharkov in the Kharkiv Regional Laboratory Center, 4,984 (65%) of the total number of cases - children. The incidence rate is characterized as low.

Compared with the previous week, the number of cases increased by 1,673, among children, the incidence increased by 36.7%.

The incidence rates in Kharkiv, Izum, Izyum, Kupyansk, Novovodolazhsk, Pechenezha and Shevchenkovskiy districts of the region exceed the average. The threshold is not exceeded in any district of the region.

The highest incidence rate was registered in Shevchenkivsky, the lowest in Zolochiv district.

175 patients were hospitalized - 2.3% of the total number of cases, including 116 children (70.8%).

Directly in Kharkov, 5,011 people became ill.

Compared with the previous week, the number of cases increased by 933 people. Among children, the incidence increased by 26.7%. Exceeding the indicator of the epidemic threshold is not noted.

In a study of 125 patients with suspected influenza and ARVI, one person detected influenza B virus (2.6%). 64.1% of patients had parainfluenza virus, 20.5% had a PC virus, and 12.8% had an adenovirus.

Источник: glavnoe.ua