Thread by @MackayIM

#SARSCoV2 positives go slowly down, as #flu positives go rapidly up in New Southe Wales, Australia.
No denominator here so no percentage positivity.

That comes from these graphs.
For #SARSCoV2 that rate is ~100/100,000 population for all age groups and very slowly decreasing while for #flu, it varies by age, up to ~40/100,00 for those aged 0-9 years, and rising

In terms of emergency department presentations, #flu is also still rising while #COVID19 presentations are slowly decreasing (but as for rates and cases, still above #flu levels so far).

Test positive from #SARSCoV2 was 1.87% - steady from last week.
For #flu it was 17% up from 16.4%.

As for the other respiratory viruses. Jeepers!
AdVs, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), HMPV, EVs, RVs are all going off like frogs in socks. Now the PIVs are joining in.

And with RSV levels so high it's unsurprising that bronchiolitis ("RSV is the most common cause..." sic *any* textbook) presentations are up from 387 to 442 this week in children aged 0-4 years; 41% admitted to hospital.
Bring on that damn vaccine!
#YearOfTheRespVirus

Thanks, as always, to @NSWhealth for always reliably producing Australia's best set of data on respiratory viruses. And for including % where sooo many others don't.
health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/cov…

🚨Typo. *#SARSCoV2 at 12.8%