In Kiev, the incidence of influenza and ARVI below the epidemic threshold is 17.9%. This on Monday, November 20, said the deputy chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Nikolai Povoroznik, the press service of the KSCA. According to him, for the 46th week of the epidemic season in Kiev, the incidence of influenza and ARVI was 574.4 and is below the epidemiological threshold by 17.9%. "If we compare with the previous week, there is a slight increase in the incidence rate due to the child population. Thus, among schoolchildren, the incidence rate increased by 4.8%, 4049 cases, which is 34.

2% of the total number of affected children and 24.1% of the total number of people who sought medical help, "said Povoroznik. It is also reported that during the last week 4,950 adults became ill, and among the children there was an increase in the incidence by 1.4%. In the health facilities of the city for the 46th week 1155 people were hospitalized, 131 of them children. Recall, previously reported that the highest incidence of influenza and ARVI detected in the Kiev region.

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