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. 2023 Oct 1;49(10):413–424. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v49i10a02

Table 1. Number of laboratory tests, detections, and percentage positivity by influenza season, seasons 2014–2015 to 2022–2023, Canada.

Season Influenza tests Influenza detections Cumulative percentage of tests positive Influenza A detections Influenza B detections Total influenza A subtyped Influenza A(H1N1) detections Influenza A(H3N2) detections
2014–2015 246,930 42,976 17.4% 34,460 (80%) 8,516 (20%) 13,168 94 (1%) 13,074 (99%)
2015–2016 237,826 39,373 16.6% 28,422 (72%) 10,951 (28%) 12,345 11,168 (90%) 1,177 (10%)
2016–2017 267,827 39,365 14.7% 34,848 (89%) 4,517 (11%) 17,747 179 (1%) 17,568 (99%)
2017–2018 319,916 64,337 20.1% 36,103 (56%) 28,234 (44%) 12,443 1,280 (10%) 11,163 (90%)
2018–2019 310,462 49,037 15.8% 46,497 (95%) 2,540 (5%) 17,374 11,606 (67%) 5,768 (33%)
2019–2020 526,483 55,780 10.6% 32,891 (59%) 22,889 (41%) 7,246 4,985 (69%) 2,261 (31%)
2020–2021 666,576 71 0.0% 48 (68%) 23 (32%) 19 6 (32%) 13 (68%)
2021–2022 751,900 16,126 2.1% 15,894 (99%) 232 (1%) 4,734 83 (2%) 4,651 (98%)
2022–2023 1,188,962 74,344 6.3% 68,923 (93%) 5,421 (7%) 19,876 2,238 (11%) 17,638 (89%)