Table 1.

Number of countries with functional sentinel influenza surveillance system and number of countries reporting positive influenza cases by year, EM countries, 2016–2021 (up to week 33)

	No of EM countries with functional sentinel influenza surveillance system	No of EM countries reporting positive influenza cases
2016	15	14
2017	18	18
2018	18	18
2019	19	19
2020	19	18
2021	17	11

EM, Eastern Mediterranean.