In the Kharkiv region, the incidence rate of ARVI over the past week (March 15-21) increased by 35.9% compared to the previous one (March 8-14).

" Compared to last week, incidence rates increased by 35.9%. The growth was due to both the morbidity of the adult population (by 42.1%) and children (by 25.0%) "

The share of COVID-19 in the structure of the incidence of acute respiratory viral infections is more than a third (36.5%).

The incidence rate of ARVI is 466.47 per 100 thousand. population, which is 9.1% higher than the epidemic threshold and 2 times higher compared to the same period last year. The incidence rate is characterized as medium.

Over the past week, 1,035 people were hospitalized, including 181 children (17.5%). The excess of its own indicators of epidemic thresholds was registered in almost all districts of the region, except for Balakleysky, Bliznyukovsky, Velikoburluksky, Izyumsky, Kolomaksky, Sakhnovshchinsky, Kharkovsky, Chuguevsky districts.

The highest incidence rate of acute respiratory viral infections is recorded in Borovsk district - 1018.89 per 100 thousand. the population where the indicator of the epidemic threshold is exceeded 2.5 times. The lowest is in Velikoburluksky (144.76 per 100 thousand. population).

According to virological monitoring data, 6,284 people were examined by PCR last week, of which 57.2% (3,595 people) had the SARS-CoV-2 virus, 8 people had causative agents of other respiratory viral infections (4 had rhinoviruses,.

Since the beginning of the epidemic season, 5.3% of the region's population (140 thousand. 712 people), of which more than a third are children under 17 - (37.6% or 52 thousand. 925 people).