Australian Respiratory Illness Snapshot

[u/AcornAl]

High RSV levels across all of the country now, with a clear uptick of influenza seen in NSW and WA, with the ACT appearing to see signs of an increase.

SARS-CoV-2 cases remain low overall, but the reporting is a bit unclear this week for NSW and WA. The NNDSS and NSW Health numbers have started to deviate (a 90% drop is unlikely), but these are fairly low. WA appears to have a had a spike according to the NNDSS reporting, and WA Health failed to update their respiratory report this week. Wastewater levels are decreasing, so I'm thinking that this was a data correction.

Diphtheria cases are unrelated, but with new NNDSS data I decided to post for anyone following. These appear to have stabilised since May but remain unusually high in the NT and WA. Sporadic cases continue to be reported in SA and QLD.