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Respiratory illness reporting in the ACT

ACT Health monitors influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19 that is confirmed in a laboratory in the ACT.

Publication of the Weekly Respiratory Illness Report will pause from Friday 24 January 2025, re-commencing in the autumn/winter months of the year, when the ACT is likely to observe an increase in respiratory illnesses again.

Regularly updated ACT data for COVID-19, RSV and influenza is available from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) at: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) data visualisation tool | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Previous ACT respiratory illness reports

2025 ACT respiratory illness reports

2024 ACT respiratory illness reports

2023 ACT respiratory illness reports

Reports from 2023 can be found on the COVID-19 website statistics page.

2022 ACT respiratory illness reports

2021 ACT influenza reports

2020 ACT influenza reports

2019 ACT influenza reports

2018 ACT influenza reports

Key information

Notification data only includes cases of influenza, RSV and COVID-19 among ACT residents that have been confirmed by a laboratory test.

Generally, notification data represent only a small proportion of cases occurring in the community. All data are preliminary and subject to change as updates are received.

Reporting of acute respiratory illness surveillance has changed since 2020, to incorporate data available for COVID-19 and RSV.