Even though the cases are decreasing, there are still those who get sick and need intensive care.
But there is no reason to believe that the spread of infection will start to increase again.
One reason for the decrease is that it has become warmer and the air is not as dry. As the weather gets warmer, we also socialize more outdoors.
Influenza has a clear seasonal variation with clearly most cases during the winter. But the decrease is also linked to immunity, when many have had the disease, there are fewer who risk getting infected.
In the beginning of March, healthcare sounded the alarm about high workload at emergency departments due to influenza. This year's season has had a relatively high number of cases, but not extreme, explains Magnus Gisslén.
What stands out is that this year's influenza season had its peak relatively late compared to the previous seasons when the peak occurred around New Year's.
Other respiratory infections such as RS are also on the decline. Mycoplasma, which has had an unusually intense season, is not notifiable, but the Public Health Agency follows the spread and can see that it is also decreasing.
Influenza is a respiratory infection that primarily spreads through close contact between people, through small and large droplets from the airways.
The symptoms are often high fever and general muscle pain.
The disease occurs worldwide and causes epidemics every winter season in the northern hemisphere, sometimes with excess mortality among the elderly.
Source: The Public Health Agency
