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(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Week ending 23 September 2023
🔸COVID notifications increased by 10.5% in the past week
🔸Increases in COVID notifications occurred for children aged 0 – 4 years and adults aged 30 – 89 years and across most LHDs
🔹COVID: 2,171 (+256)
🔹Influenza: 1,688 (+87)
🔹RSV: 564 (-77)
Source: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/weekly-reports.aspx
(2/3) The proportion of samples identified with the EG.5 lineage is increasing.
BA.2.86 has been detected in multiple countries with the first Australian case identified in WA in mid-September 2023.
It has not been detected in NSW samples received to date.
(3/3) NSW COVID-19 Sewage surveillance program: Week ending 20 September 2023
🔹Bondi: ⬆️Up
🔹Hunter: ⬇️Down
🔹Liverpool: ⬆️Up
🔹Quakers Hills: ⬇️Down