The report says in 2022, there were 33 kids under four who were hospitalized with the seasonal flu but that number jumped a whopping 7,000 per cent, to almost 2,500 in 2023.
The loosening of public-health measures and the resumption of prepandemic activities have been factors in the uptick of COVID-19 hospitalizations, experts say
A recent report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) says the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic was particularly tough on Canada s youngest children in terms of hospitalizations.