influenza.So far this year, there have been just 17.“Influenza is way behind the eight ball here,” said Dr. Gerald Evans, chair of infectious disease in the department of medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.
Alberta has reported 0 cases of influenza so far this season Many health experts feared that a fall wave of COVID-19 would not only be worse than the first wave in the spring, but it would come just as seasonal flu infections started to spread, making it impossible for hospitals to keep up.COVID-19 is proving to be worse this fall, with more than 1,400 people in hospital, about one-fifth of them in critical care.