Overview
- SIVIC estimates show incidence falling from 543 to 236 cases per 100,000 residents in week 52 (Dec 22–28).
- Primary-care diagnoses dropped from about 328 to 169 per 100,000, defying earlier forecasts of a slower decline with the K variant.
- Hospital pressure eased as respiratory admissions decreased from 579 to 546 and ICU admissions from 46 to 34, with 75% of flu hospitalizations in people over 60.
- Children saw the sharpest improvement, with rates in under‑4s dropping from roughly 1,000 to 494 per 100,000 and in ages 5–14 from 610 to 243.
- Acute respiratory infections overall fell to 615 per 100,000, below the baseline threshold, and masks remain mandatory in health centers and care homes through 7 January while rhinovirus (16.6%) and RSV (7.9%) continue to circulate.