What You Need To Know
Below please find the Respiratory Illness Surveillance Report. This report summarizes surveillance information for COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and other respiratory illnesses.
Report Highlights:
- Emergency department visits and hospital admissions remain elevated for influenza with slight decreases, remain stable for COVID-19, and continue to decrease for RSV.
- Recent COVID-19, influenza, and RSV hospitalizations have mostly been reported in persons 65 years and older, though RSV hospitalizations continue to be elevated in the 0-4 year age group. The number of influenza-associated deaths remain elevated over the past month; with one fatal pediatric case reported this week.
- Levels of influenza A and COVID-19 in wastewater remain elevated. While elevated, COVID-19 levels remain lower than the summer 2024 peak. RSV levels in wastewater continue to decline.
- The predominant COVID-19 variants are XEC and LP.8.1, subvariants of Omicron covered by the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine. The predominant circulating influenza A subtype is 2009 H1N1, and is included in the 2024-25 influenza vaccine.
- Respiratory outbreaks reported by K-12 schools so far this month have been primarily due to influenza and outbreaks reported in long-term care facilities continue to primarily be due to COVID-19 and influenza.
Please contact the Communicable Disease Service (CDS) at 609-826-5964 with questions.