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 |
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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%) |