(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Fortnight ending 21 October 2023.
🔸COVID-19 transmission continues to increase in NSW.
🔸COVID-19 PCR test positivity at sentinel laboratories was 9.5% in the past week.
🔹COVID: 3,250
🔹Influenza: 2,335
🔹RSV: 745
(2/3) NSW COVID-19 Whole Genome Sequencing: Fortnight ending 21 October 2023
🔹EG.5 now accounts for almost half of all isolates
🔹The number of BA.2.86 detections in NSW is now 6
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Source: https://health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/weekly-reports.aspx
(3/3) NSW COVID-19 Sewage surveillance program: Fortnight ending 21 October 2023
🔹Bondi: ⬆️Up
🔹Hunter: ⬆️Up
🔹Liverpool: ➡️Stable
🔹Quakers Hills: ⬆️Up
#COVID19NSW #Sewage @auscovid19
Source: https://health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/weekly-reports.aspx