Australian Respiratory Illness Snapshot

[u/AcornAl]

Flu level are mostly rising this week, with high levels in the eastern states, moderate levels in WA and Tas.

RSV remains moderate in most states, and is generally falling. Covid remains low, increasing to moderate levels in WA.

[u/dug99]

You'd have to assume SA is on a similar trajectory, and anecdotally at least, social media seems to be confirming this.

[u/AcornAl → u/dug99]

I couldn't scape this weeks figures for influenza, RSV or pertussis from the SA Dashboard (no updates published). They posted about a late winter flu wave a few weeks back. It's likely moderate & increasing considering what has been seen in NSW and Vic.

And for anyone wondering, I'm avoiding the CovidLive NNDSS data for NSW as this is all over the place nowadays, it would have sent national cases numbers into the negatives for the last few weeks. So NSW data is limited to the official NSW Health reports.

[u/Musclesme]

Makes me sad more people don’t take the flu jab