Situation Update: Week 44

The flu virus is now spreading fast in Italy. The Italian Health Ministry has released data about week 44 from October 26 to November 1 (updated to 5 pm). The flu incidence has risen to 8.96‰ and it's already higher than the peaks in the seasonal epidemies from 2005/06 to 2008/09. In Campania the regional incidence is 14.66‰, in Lombardia it is 13.48‰, more than 11.5‰ also in Emilia-Romagna, Marche and Lazio. Almost all the cases are caused by A(H1N1) virus (98.8%).
The fatal cases are 21 (9 in Campania, 3 in Emilia-Romagna, 4 in Lombardia, 2 in Lazio, 1 in Sicily, Tuscany and Umbria each). Vaccinated people are 41,000.