Influenza Cases Down by Over 40,000 Compared to Average Flu Season: PHAC

A needle and syringe used to administer the flu shot is displayed in Virgil, Ont., on October 5, 2020. The 2021 flu season will go down in history as the epidemic that never was. Tara Walton / The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—The 2021 flu season will go down in history as the epidemic that never was.

By this time of the year, Canada has normally logged an average of more than 43,000 confirmed cases of influenza.