Flu activity in B.C. peaking as COVID-19, respiratory virus decline

British Columbia is seeing “peaking influenza activity” even as other respiratory illnesses such as RSV and COVID-19 are in decline, and health officials are reminding people to get vaccinated.The BC Centre for Disease Control says influenza A infections remain high and continue to increase, with the percentage of tests returning positive up to 24 per cent in the week ending Feb. 1.That figure is more than double that of the 11.7 per cent reported between Dec. 22 and Dec. 28.