These reports provide a weekly summary of communicable diseases notifications, investigations and issues in NSW.

These reports include a summary of notifiable infections for the week as reported to NSW public health units by medical practitioners, hospitals and pathology laboratories.

Condensed reporting in 2020

Due to increasing demand on public health staff and clinicians in NSW as a result of the COVID-19 response, the Communicable Diseases Weekly Report was published in a condensed format, as required, througout 2020.

From Week 11 2020 the condensed CDWR consisted of the summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW (Table 1), and links to the most up to date information on COVID-19. Full reports were published in the event of high priority notifications, or events of significant interest.

Public health alerts continued to be published on NSW Health infectious diseases alerts.

Week ending Topics

53-2020
2 January 2021

  • Activity for this week is summarised in the report for Week 1 2021.
52-2020
26 December 2020

  • Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
51-2020
19 December 2020
  • Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
50-2020
12 December 2020
  • Legionnaires’ disease – cluster of cases in South-Eastern Sydney
  • Flooding and health risks – managing health risks during and after flooding
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
49-2020
5 December 2020

  • Increase in respiratory illness among young children
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
48-2020
28 November 2020
  • Viral gastroenteritis – highest recorded levels in childcare centres
  • Mosquito borne infections – increase in cases in 2020
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
47-2020
21 November 2020

  • Legionnaire's disease – new cases and advice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
46-2020
14 November 2020
  • Listeriosis - two new cases
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

45-2020
7 November 2020

  • Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
44-2020
31 October 2020
  • Viral gastroenteritis
  • HIV Quarter 2 2020 data report available
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
43-2020
24 October 2020
  • Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

42-2020
17 October 2020

  • Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

41-2020
10 October 2020

  • Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

40-2020
3 October 2020

  • Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

39-2020
26 September 2020

  • Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
38-2020
19 September 2020
  • Listeriosis - two new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
37-2020
12 September 2020
  • Invasive meningococcal disease - one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
36-2020
5 September 2020
  • Brucellosis- one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
35-2020
29 August 2020
  • Legionnaires' disease - new cases and advice for spring
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
34-2020
22 August 2020
  • Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
33-2020
15 August 2020
  • Invasive meningococcal disease - one new case
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

32-2020
8 August 2020

  • Invasive meningococcal disease - one new case and launch of annual awareness campaign
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

31-2020
1 August 2020

There is no report for this week as:

  • there were no events of significant interest
  • the table of NSW notifiable conditions data was unable to be generated due to a current problem with notifiable diseases data

Up to date information related to COVID-19 can be found at NSW Health - COVID-19.

30-2020
25 July 2020
  • Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) – summary of epi weeks 1-30
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
29-2020
18 July 2020
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease - three new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
28-2020
11 July 2020
  • Listeriosis - two new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
27-2020
4 July 2020
  • Invasive meningococcal disease - two new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
26-2020
27 June 2020
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease - one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
25-2020
20 June 2020
  • Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
24-2020
13 June 2020
  • Tularaemia -one new probable case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
23-2020
6 June 2020
  • Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
22-2020
30 May 2020
  • Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
21-2020
23 May 2020
  • Tularaemia- first notification in NSW
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
20-2020
16 May 2020
  • Legionnaire's disease- Media release and summary of cases year to date
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
19-2020
9 May 2020
  • Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
18-2020
2 May 2020
  • Psittacosis - two cases and a local alert
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
17-2020
25 April 2020
  • NSW STI Data Report January to June 2019 - report released
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
16-2020
18 April 2020
  • Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
15-2020
11 April
  • Invasive meningococcal disease - one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
14-2020
4 April 2020
  • Bacillus cereus food poisoning - family cluster linked to rice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
13-2020
28 March 2020
  • Legionellosis - seven new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
12-2020
21 March 2020
  • Listeriosis - one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
11-2020
14 March 2020
  • Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
10-2020
7 March 2020
  • Invasive meningococcal disease - two new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
09-2020
29 February 2020
  • Salmonellosis -cluster under investigation
  • Legionellosis (Legionnaire's disease) - five new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
08-2020
22 February 2020
  • Listeriosis - one new case
  • Shigellosis - 28 new cases
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
07-2020
15 February 2020
  • Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) -three new cases
  • After the rain - mosquitoes are a health hazard
  • Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) - refer to the NSW Health website for ongoing updates
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
06-2020
8 February 2020
  • Measles -five new cases
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 - refer to the NSW Health website for ongoing updates
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
05-2020
1 February 2020
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 - refer to the NSW Health website for ongoing updates
  • Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli and haemolytic uraemic syndrome -three new cases
  • Congenital syphilis -two cases in January 2020
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

04-2020
25 January 2020

  • Novel coronavirus 2019 - updated information
  • Shigellosis - 46 new cases
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
03-2020
18 January 2020
  • Novel coronavirus 2019- information
  • Measles - four new locally-acquired cases including two infants
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
02-2020
11 January 2020
  • Measles– two new locally-acquired cases reported
  • Shigellosis- cases linked to New Year’s festival
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease– one new case
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
01-2020
4 January 2020
(includes 52-2019)
  • Measles– five new cases reported
  • Tuberculosis surveillance report 2018
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

Past communicable diseases weekly reports


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