Respiratory Illness Report: Week 42 (10/18/2026-10/24/2026)
In week ending Oct. 24, local indicators for influenza and COVID-19 were elevated, while indicators for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) remained minimal. Regional laboratory surveillance most frequently detected influenza A, rhinovirus, and SARS-CoV-2 among clinical respiratory specimens.
1.5% of emergency department (ED) visits were attributable to influenza, 1.0% were attributable to COVID-19, and zero visits were attributable to RSV. Kitsap sentinel reporting labs reported 46 positive influenza tests (44 influenza A, two influenza B; 8.3% of specimens tested), zero positive RSV tests (0.0% of specimens tested), and 36 positive COVID-19 tests (6.6% of specimens tested).
On average, fewer than 10 hospital beds at St. Michael Medical Center were in use per day for COVID-19 or influenza patients.
At Kitsap long-term care facilities, there have been two COVID-19 outbreaks reported in the past four reporting weeks, and one influenza outbreak.
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