4) Fortunately, pediatric flu deaths have remained under 5 so far across Canada. But obviously one child dying from the flu is one too many. On Nov. 17, Alberta's health minister confirmed a 4-year-old's death. Alberta's flu activity is now widespread.
https://twitter.com/JasonCoppingAB/status/1593447772233302016
7) School absenteeism in Quebec has skyrocketed to record highs above 158,000 amid what some observers are now calling a "multi-demic" that involves not only #COVID, but RSV, the flu and other viruses. Please see the chart below.
9) Quebec, for its part, is in the midst of an 8th or 9th #COVID wave (depending on how you assess these things). Pandemic hospitalizations are now surging in the U.S. It may only be a matter of time before the same thing happens across Canada, and children will be affected, too.