AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 26 September 2025 ACT saw a big jump (+30.5%) QLD down (–27.3%, 43 in hospital); WA down (–16.6%, 42/day in hospital); NSW down (–14.9%) and SA down (–5.2%, 6 deaths reported) Aged care down (–39.4%) and 2 deaths reported VIC & TAS report next: Oct 3

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 25 September 2025 🔹Active cases: 229 (-39.4%) 🔹Active outbreaks: 57 (-27.8%) 🔹Resident cases: 176 (-34.0%) 🔹Staff cases: 53 (-52.2%) 🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 387 (+2) @SamRaeMP www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 21 Sep 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 1.8% est. (-0.3%) 🔹PCR cases: 145 (-16.6%) 🔹Hospitalisation: Decreased to an average of 42 per day (-16.0%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average remained at 2 (Stable) Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 19 Sep to 25 Sept 2025 🔹COVID: 47 (+30.5%) 🔹Influenza: 206 (+15.0%) 🔹RSV: 41 (-29.3%) Source: act.gov.au/open/respira...

SA Weekly Respiratory Update: 20 Sep to 26 Sep 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 162 (-5.2%) 🔹Flu: 1,015 (-14.3%) 🔹RSV: 473 (-17.8%) 🔹Pertussis: 87 (+7.4%) Reported deaths in 2025: 🔸COVID: 57 (+6) 🔸Flu: 25 (+10) 🔸RSV: 5 🔸Pertussis: 0 @SAHealth Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

France: COVID-19 cases are rising Between Sept 15–21, France recorded 32,610 new COVID-19 cases, 6,000 more than the week before — nearly 50 in every 100,000 people had the virus. Reported cases: 🔹Ages 0–14: 3,394 cases 🔹Ages 15–64: 22,211 cases 🔹Ages 65+: 7,005 cases Source: archive.md/yyaX7

Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to late August. The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, growing to 59%. XFG.* "Stratus" fell slightly to 35%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to late August. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, but may have peaked at around 80% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell to 9%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR #LP_8_1 #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to late August. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, growing strongly to 80%. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell back to 11%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #UK #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to late August. XFG.* "Stratus" continued to dominate, but fell back to 62%. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" grew strongly to 30%. #COVID19 #Canada #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to late August. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, finishing at 77% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was flat, finishing at 12%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to early September. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has continued to dominate, finishing at 57%. It looks under serious threat from JN.1.* +DeFLuQE, which finished at 36%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late August. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has continued to dominate, but fell back to finish at 47%. It looks under threat from the rebound in JN.1.* +DeFLuQE, which grew to 32%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late August. XFG.* "Stratus" fell to 61%. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" grew slightly to 26%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Global #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update: The risk estimate increased slightly to 0.3% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-389. That implies a 7% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia 🧵

With the NB.1.8.1.* "Nimbus" and XFG.* "Stratus" variants carving up dominance around the globe, it is time to ponder which variant might drive the next wave. The leading contenders at this point are PY.1.1.1 and XFV. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #PY_1_1_1 #XFV #XFZ 🧵

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Week ending 20 September 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.2% (Stable) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 2 out of 4 🔹COVID: 1,056 (-14.9%) 🔹Influenza: 4,095 (-22%) 🔹RSV: 926 (-13.4%) @NSWHealth Source: www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

US Weekly COVID update: Sep 22, 2025 🔸1 in 57 Actively Infectious 🔸857,000 New Daily Infections 🔸6,450,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸177,000,000 Infections in 2025 🔸323,000 to 1,290,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,800 to 3,100 Weekly Deaths Source: pmc19.com/data/

New Zealand COVID weekly update: 15 Sep to 21 Sep 2025 🔹New cases: 248 (-22.2%) 🔹Reinfections: 150 (60.4%) 🔹Deaths: 6 (+200.0%) 🔹Total deaths: 4,795 (+6) 🔹Hospital: 34 (-8.1%) 🔹ICU: n/a 🔸60.4% were reinfections #COVID19NZ Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 16 Sep to 22 Sep 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 487 (-27.3%) 🔹Influenza: 2,706 (-22.6%) 🔹RSV: 718 (-15.3%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 43 (-20.3%) 🔸Influenza: 155 (-25.1%) 🔸RSV: 56 (+16.6%) Source: www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 19 September 2025 Biggest declines: ACT (-40.9%) and WA (-23.6%, 50/day in hospital) Also down SA (-14.0%, sadly 11 deaths reported); QLD (-11.4%, 54 in hospital); VIC (-10.0%); NSW (-7.0%) and TAS (-1.6%) Aged care cases down (-26.5%), sadly 6 deaths reported

Tasmania Fortnightly COVID Update: Week ending 14 September 2025 From 1 Sep to 14 Sep: 🔸COVID Positivity rate: 2.7% (-0.1%) 🔹COVID: 59 (-1.6%) 🔹Influenza A: 236 (+57.3%) 🔹Influenza B: 188 (-20.0%) 🔹RSV: 148 (-15.9%) Source: health.tas.gov.au/health-topic...

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 18 September 2025 🔹Active cases: 404 (-26.5%) 🔹Active outbreaks: 89 (-8.2%) 🔹Resident cases: 288 (-29.9%) 🔹Staff cases: 116 (-16.5%) 🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 385 (+6) @SamRaeMP Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 14 Sep 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.1% est. (+0.3%) 🔹PCR cases: 174 (-23.6%) 🔹Hospitalisation: Decreased to an average of 50 per day (-1.9%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average remained at 2 (Stable) Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 12 Sep to 18 Sept 2025 🔹COVID: 36 (-40.9%) 🔹Influenza: 179 (-4.7%) 🔹RSV: 58 (-12.1%) Source: act.gov.au/open/respira...

Victorian Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 19 September 2025 From 7 Sep to 13 Sep 2025: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.3% (-0.8%) 🔹COVID: 605 (-10%) 🔹Influenza A: 2,264 (-3%) 🔹Influenza B: 1,043 (-17%) 🔹RSV: 777 (-15%) Source: health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...

SA Weekly Respiratory Update: 13 Sep to 19 Sep 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 171 (-14.0%) 🔹Flu: 1,185 (+11.7%) 🔹RSV: 576 (-20.9%) 🔹Pertussis: 81 (-3.5%) Reported deaths in 2025: 🔸COVID: 51 (+11) 🔸Flu: 15 (+8) 🔸RSV: 5 🔸Pertussis: 0 @SAHealth Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Week ending 13 September 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.4% (-0.1%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 1 out of 4 🔹COVID: 1,241 (-7.0%) 🔹Influenza: 5,251 (-12.5%) 🔹RSV: 1,069 (-13.0%) @NSWHealth health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update: The risk estimate rebounded up to 0.2% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-425. That implies a 7% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30. #COVID19 #Australia 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture with a global scope, to late August. Growth of XFG.* "Stratus" has stalled at 61%. The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" grew slightly to 27%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Global #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late August. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has continued to dominate, but fell back to finish at 56%. It looks under threat from the rebound in JN.1.* +DeFLuQE, growing strongly to 29%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to the end of August. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has continued to dominate, but fell back to finish at 49%. It looks under serious threat from JN.1.* +DeFLuQE, which rebounded to 34%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to late August. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant peaked at 78% and then fell back slightly to 76% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" grew slightly, finishing at 13%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to late August. XFG.* "Stratus" continued to dominate, but fell back slightly to 70%. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell slightly to 19%. #COVID19 #Canada #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to late August. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, but fell slightly to 71%. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" rebounded to 22%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #UK #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to late August. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, but may have peaked at around 80% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was flat at 13%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR #LP_8_1 #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to late August. The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, but fell to 52%. XFG.* "Stratus" grew steadily to 37%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Week ending 6 September 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.5% (-0.4) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4 🔹COVID: 1,334 (-9.3%) 🔹Influenza: 6,003 (-13.3%) 🔹RSV: 1,229 (-20.3%) @NSWHealth Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...

SA Weekly Respiratory Update: 6 Sep to 12 Sep 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 199 (-20.0%) 🔹Flu: 1,060 (-17.3%) 🔹RSV: 729 (-12.4%) 🔹Pertussis: 84 (-3.4%) Reported deaths in 2025: 🔸COVID: 40 🔸Flu: 7 🔸RSV: 5 🔸Pertussis: 0 @SAHealth Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 7 Sep 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 1.8% est. (-1.0%) 🔹PCR cases: 228 (+9.0%) 🔹Hospitalisation: Decreased to an average of 51 per day (-3.7%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average increased to 2 (+100.0%) Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 5 Sep to 11 Sept 2025 🔹COVID: 61 (+17.3%) 🔹Influenza: 188 (-6.4%) 🔹RSV: 66 (-18.5%) Source: act.gov.au/open/respira...

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 11 September 2025 🔹Active cases: 570 (-6.5%) 🔹Active outbreaks: 103 (+15.7%) 🔹Resident cases: 427 (+0%) 🔹Staff cases: 143 (-21.8%) 🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 379 (+5) @SamRaeMP www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 12 September 2025 Cases up in ACT (+17.3%) and WA (+9.0%; 51/day hospital) Cases down in SA (-20%); QLD (-15.1%; 53 in hospital) and NSW (-9.3%) VIC and TAS next report: 19 September Aged-care cases are down (-6.5%) Sadly, 5 deaths reported

Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 25 August to 7 September 2025 In the past fortnight, COVID-19 cases decreased (-12.2%), influenza decreased (-4.7%), and RSV decreased (-15.8%). Reported cases: 🔸COVID: 7,022 🔸Influenza: 35,693 🔸RSV: 9,740 Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

Sydney flight takeoffs paused as air staff call in sick. "Departures will be paused from 3:30 to 4pm to manage the staff shortage, Airservices Australia said. Takeoffs are also understood to have been spaced out by 4 minutes over much of the day." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

US Weekly COVID update: Sep 8, 2025 🔸1 in 49 Actively Infectious 🔸998,000 New Daily Infections 🔸6,970,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸161,000,000 Infections in 2025 🔸349,000 to 1,390,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸2,000 to 3,300 Weekly Deaths pmc19.com/data/

Australian Influenza cases update: Reported Influenza cases for Australia seemed to peak in late July, at a slightly lower level than the 2024 wave. However they are still at a very elevated level, near the peak. #Influenza #Australia 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to mid-August. The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has continued to dominate, but it fell back to finish at 62%. XFG.* "Stratus" was fairly flat, finishing at 12%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to late August. The frequency of the dominant NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" rebounded to finish up to 65% frequency. XFG.* "Stratus" is struggling at only 11%. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus 🧵