Influenza A And B Deaths 2020

The cdc reports there have been 54 reported flu related pediatric deaths this season from influenza b viruses.

Influenza a and b deaths 2020. Influenza also known as the flu is a viral respiratory illness that is most. Twenty one of this season s deaths were related to influenza b viruses and 11 were linked to influenza a. Was the flu vaccine effective in 2020. Influenza b appeared earlier in 2020.

The number of people who have died from seasonal influenza so far has now reached 20 000 including 136 influenza associated deaths in children the centers for disease control and prevention cdc reported as of february 29. We have provisional data available from march june 2020 grouped for both influenza and pneumonia in table 5 of deaths involving covid 19 england and wales. Influenza a is the most common followed by influenza b. Roughly 70 of early flu cases were influenza b and about 30 were been caused by influenza a according to the cdc.

In 2020 influenza b appeared earlier than usual. Traditionally influenza a appears earlier than influenza b but that was not the case to begin 2020. This publication contains provisional 2020 death data which includes deaths where influenza and pneumonia have been mentioned on the death certificate. Influenza a can be found in many species including humans birds and pigs.

How many influenza deaths have occurred in 2020. This death occurred during the 2019 2020 influenza season bringing the total number of deaths occurring during that season to 195. It was associated with an influenza b virus with no lineage determined and occurred during week 2 the week ending january 11 2020. Information in this report is categorized by influenza transmission zones which are geographical groups of countries areas or territories with similar influenza transmission patterns.

One influenza associated pediatric death was reported to cdc during week 44. The centers for disease control and prevention estimates that so far this season there have been at least 15 million flu illnesses for the 2019 2020 season 140 000 hospitalizations and 8 200 deaths in the u s. Influenza update 379 26 october 2020 based on data up to 11 october 2020. Influenza b viruses can cause severe illness in adults and children.

A full breakdown of mortality data for 2020 is expected to be available in our annual deaths publication which is provisionally scheduled to be released in july 2021.