{"id":604029,"date":"2026-04-14T19:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604029\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:20:10","slug":"ontario-flu-season-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604029\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario flu season update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Isaac Bogoch on what the warning signs are for influenza B and how to stay healthy when people from across the globe come to Toronto for the World Cup. <\/p>\n

Flu activity is increasing in Ontario following a spike in infections over the last several months, provincial health data shows.<\/p>\n

According to Public Health Ontario (PHO), as soon as influenza A cases started to level off in the province in February, influenza B cases started to tick upwards and continue to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn general, influenza is influenza at an individual level. All influenza can pack a punch,\u201d infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch told CP24 on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople can feel pretty miserable with this. And in a typical season, we see at the beginning, lots of influenza A, then influenza A starts to wind down, and then you get a bump of influenza B.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recent case counts<\/a> provided by the province show there were 385 infections of influenza B reported during the week of March 29. Comparatively, there were 26 influenza A infections reported over the same time period. COVID-19 cases in the province remain relatively flat.<\/p>\n

At the height of the flu season in Ontario, the province saw as many as 6,791 cases of influenza A in one week in mid-December.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ontario Respiratory Virus Tool Data from Public Health Ontario’s Respiratory Virus Tool is seen here. (Public Health Ontario) <\/p>\n

Bogoch said that while most people will recover from a flu infection in the comfort of their home, some may require medical intervention. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re looking for things like sputum production (phlegm), fevers, somnolence (drowsiness), fatigue, people just aren\u2019t themselves. And of course, if you\u2019re worried, you\u2019ve got to go seek care,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In some cases, Bogoch explained, a post-viral cough can follow a flu infection, but that usually clears up in a week or so.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut of course, if there\u2019s any warning signs or red flags, they\u2019ve got to come in and get care and get evaluated by a health care provider, especially a family physician or an urgent care provider or an emergency room,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

PHO is forecasting that flu activity is expected to remain stable in the province over the next two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Isaac Bogoch on what the warning signs are for influenza B and how to stay healthy when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[712,49,48,84],"class_list":["post-604029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}