In Latvia, people are still dying from Covid, remember what this is?

Last week, the incidence of influenza was 9.2 cases per 100,000 residents, which is 15% higher than the previous week (eight cases per 100,000 residents). Influenza was diagnosed in seven patients compared to six patients the week before. Six patients with influenza were aged between 15 and 64 years, and one was over 65 years old. Among children under 14 years old, influenza was not diagnosed last week. No deaths among patients with influenza or 'Covid-19' were recorded last week, while the week before, one death of a patient with 'Covid-19' was registered. The monitoring data for this week indicates the first case of death of a patient with influenza this season. Thus, this influenza season has recorded one case of death of a patient with influenza and two cases of death of patients diagnosed with 'Covid-19'. A total of 758 patients with symptoms of other acute respiratory infections visited family doctors last week, compared to 997 patients the previous week. The incidence decreased by 25.6% - from 1,333.7 to 992.3 cases per 100,000 residents. It was also lower than the level observed during the corresponding period of the previous season. The incidence of these infections decreased in all age groups, but it remained highest among children under four years old - 5,775.6 cases per 100,000 residents of the corresponding age compared to 6,996.7 cases the week before. Among children aged five to 14 years, the incidence decreased from 3,176.1 to 2,163.4 cases per 100,000 residents of the corresponding age. In the age group of 15 to 64 years, the incidence of acute respiratory infections decreased from 923.5 to 704.1 cases per 100,000 residents of the corresponding age, while among residents over 65 years old, it decreased from 461.4 to 335.7 cases. Due to pneumonia, six patients visited outpatient treatment facilities compared to 20 patients the week before. The incidence decreased from 26.8 to eight cases per 100,000 residents. This is approximately three times less than the week before and five times less than during the corresponding period of the previous season when 39.7 cases per 100,000 residents were registered. Four patients with pneumonia were aged between 15 and 64 years, one was aged five to 14 years, and one was over 65 years old. In ten hospitals in Riga and other regions of Latvia included in the monitoring, 165 patients were hospitalized with severe acute respiratory infections. Their share of the total number of hospitalized patients increased from 3.2% to 3.8%, with 82 patients being over 65 years old.