Influenza is at a moderate level of activity. COVID-19 remains at a low level of activity and RSV is at a low level of activity.
COVID-19 activity is stable at a low level. Influenza activity has declined and is at a moderate level of activity. Test positivity for influenza, which is a key indicator of activity, has decreased to 7.2%. Considering all RSV indicators, activity is at a low level. Pertussis, or whooping cough, activity continues to increase in school aged children.
NSW Health continually reviews the methods used to monitor respiratory virus activity in New South Wales. This is due to the changes in testing, notification patterns and levels of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the community. These changes affect the usefulness of notifications for monitoring activity and community transmission over time. The Public Health, Rapid, Emergency and Syndromic Surveillance (PHREDSS) data, COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance Program, COVID-19 Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) data, NSW Sentinel Laboratory Network results and all-cause mortality are currently of most value for monitoring the activity and impact of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections of importance in the community.
The data source for this report updates as new information becomes available. Therefore, this report cannot be directly compared to previous versions of the NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report or to previous reporting periods. For additional information on the data sources and methods presented within this report please refer to NSW respiratory surveillance report data sources and methodology.
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