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Hospitalization Rates for Illnesses Like COVID, Flu Have Doubled Since Pre-Pandemic, Report Finds

CIHI said flu, RSV and COVID drove nearly 60,000 hospitalizations, while adult COVID vaccination coverage fell to 26%, federal figures show.

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Striking new data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows hospitalization rates for vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases more than doubled in 2024, compared to pre-pandemic levels, all while vaccination rates are backsliding.

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The rate of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases that can be prevented by vaccination has more than doubled compared to prepandemic levels. VOCID-19 is responsible for 40% of these hospitalizations, showing data published on Thursday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

·Montreal, Canada
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The rate of hospitalizations for respiratory diseases that can be prevented by vaccination has more than doubled compared to prepandemic levels.

·Saint-Georges, Canada
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CBC News broke the news in Canada on Thursday, April 16, 2026.
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