ECDC uses data reported to the GISAID EpiCoV database and TheĮuropean Surveillance System (TESSy) to estimate the distribution of The cumulative uptake of a second booster was 17.4% (country range: 0.2–42.0%) among adults aged 18 years and older, 35.5% (country range: 0.4–86.8%) among people aged 60 years and older, and 14.3% (country range: 0.2–33.7%) in the total population.Ĭapacity of sequencing or genotyping varies greatly across theĮU/EEA. This increase was not visible from this country’s reported case rates.Īmong the four countries with an adequate volume of sequencing or genotyping for weeks 16–17 (17 April to 30 April 2023), the estimated distribution of variants of concern (VOC) or of interest (VOI) was 62.7% (49.3–91.3% from three countries) for XBB.1.5, 9.9% (2.1–94.7% from four countries) for BA.2.75, 2.7% (0.4–45.7% from three countries) for XBB, 2.5% (1.1–16.7% from three countries) for BQ.1, 2.4% (0.1–5.3% from four countries) for BA.5, and 0.5% (0.5–0.5%, five detections from one country) for BA.2. Recent increases in indicators of transmission and severe disease observed in Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, and France appear to have reached or be close to reaching their peak.Īn increasing trend from primary care sentinel surveillance data in SARS-CoV-2 positivity suggestive of increased community transmission was reported in Spain. All reported increases were recent (of 1–2 weeks’ duration) and values of reported indicators remained relatively low. Among 12 countries with data on hospital or ICU admissions/occupancy up to week 18, only two reported an increasing trend in at least one of these indicators compared with the previous week. There were 681 deaths reported from 21 countries in week 18.Ī small number of countries reported increases in some indicators, including three countries with increasing death rates overall or for some age groups. There has been a general downward trend in the height of the associated peaks in reported cases, hospitalisations, ICU admissions, and deaths in this period.īy the end of week 18 (ending ), decreasing or stable trends were observed in EU/EEA indicators in all age groups, a continuation of the pattern observed in the last month. The epidemiological picture in the EU/EEA from the last 12 months continues to be characterised by periodic waves of infection approximately every 2–3 months.
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