Victoria is experiencing increased COVID-19 activity, resulting in an increase in people being hospitalised with COVID-19.

At the same time, we're seeing increasing cases of influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus as we head into winter.

More: go.vic.gov.au/4bokCu8

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'In 2022, life changed for Joy when she began experiencing symptoms of long Covid.'

'Joy developed postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (light-headedness when you stand up) and was eventually diagnosed with long Covid almost a year after the initial infection'

#LongCOVID

🇳🇿New Zealand: The long COVID battle that saw reporter Joy Reid ‘disappear from life’

'The upbeat television journalist went from thriving on the high-pressured and fast-paced nature of reporting on daily news, to being couch-bound'

#LongCOVID

nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/cele…

TAS weekly infection update: 5 May 2024

🔹COVID: Moderate
🔹Influenza: Low
🔹RSV: Low

Source: health.tas.gov.au/health-topics/…

Data source: health.tas.gov.au/publications/r…

ACT weekly COVID update: 3 May to 9 May

🔹PCR cases only: 107 (+57.3%)
🔹Deaths: 0 (+0)
🔹Total deaths: 308 (+0)
🔹Hospital: 22 (+120%)
🔹ICU: 0 (-2)
🔹Vent: 0 (-1)

#COVID19ACT ACT Health #COVIDisNotOver

Source: covid19.act.gov.au/updates/act-co…

SA weekly COVID update: 1 May to 7 May

🔹PCR cases only: 1,468 (+47.3%)
🔹Deaths: NR (monthly)
🔹Total deaths: 1,760 (+0)
🔹Hospital: NR
🔹ICU: NR

NR = Not Reported

SA Health Chris Picton MP #COVIDisNotOver

Source: sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connec…

Vic COVID data
'The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has increased this week. The 7-day average is 160, compared to 128 last week.'
The rise over the last month is rapid.
Wastewater data is 3 weeks old.
No-one could have predicted this, right?

‘Immunity debt’ is a misguided and dangerous concept

The FT has it right! ft.com/content/064000…

Nice relatively straightforward explanation. Dr McMillan asks to be told if he's wrong but if he is on the right track this KP.2 variant is a nasty piece of work.
Michael David Joffe PhD, FRACP 🇦🇺 Daniel Brittain Dugger Denis - The COVID info guy - Dr David Berger, aBsuRdiSTe cROnickLeR

NSW: 'New COVID-19 ‘FLiRT’ variant surges in NSW as winter looms.'

#COVID19nsw #JN1 #FLirt #KP2 #KP3 #KW11 NSW Health Ryan Park MP #COVIDisNotOver

Source: smh.com.au/national/austr…

South Australia: Hospitalisations of SA kids due to a potentially deadly pneumonia respiratory disease has skyrocketed with worrying symptoms. By Shashi Baltutis

SA Health #pneumoniarespiratorydisease #Mycoplasmapneumoniae Chris Picton MP

Source: adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-aus…

The detailed daily PCR test & case data for Queensland has been updated, up to May 6.

The Reff (case momentum) is up to 1.2 as case growth is accelerating sharply.

% Positive is up sharply to 7.6%.

Report Link:
mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-outbr…

(4/4) NSW COVID-19 Sewage surveillance program: Week ending 4 May

🔹Bondi: ⬇️Down
🔹Hunter: ⬆️Up
🔹Liverpool: ⬇️Down
🔹Quakers Hills: ⬇️Down

Note: these graphs have not been updated for the most recent week due to high rainfall impacting the calculation of gene concentration.

(3/4) NSW COVID-19 Whole Genome Sequencing: Week ending 4 May 2024

🔹KP.2, KP.3 and KW.1.1 are sub-lineages of JN.1. We have reported on these sub-lineages separately from the JN.1 group this week because of their increasing prevalence.

#COVID19nsw #GenomeSequencing

2/4) Pertussis (Whooping cough): Week ending 4 May 2024

🔹he highest rates of pertussis are observed in children 5-14 years

NSW Health #Whoopingcough