FluWatch annual report: 2020–2021 influenza season
During the 2020–2021 Canadian influenza season, no community circulation of influenza occurred.
Only 69 positive detections of influenza were reported, and influenza percent positivity did not exceed 0.1%.
Influenza indicators were at historical lows compared with the previous six seasons, with no laboratory-confirmed influenza outbreaks or severe outcomes being reported by any of the provinces and territories.
Globally, influenza circulation was at historically low levels in both the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres.
The decreased influenza activity seen in Canada and globally is concurrent with the implementation of non-pharmaceutical public health measures to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
