Respiratory Illness Report: Week 44 (10/31/2026-11/7/2026)
In week ending Nov. 7, local indicators for influenza were high and increasing, while COVID-19 indicators remained elevated. Local indicators for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were minimal, but regional clinical labs are showing mild activity. Regional laboratory surveillance most frequently detected influenza A, rhinovirus, and SARS-CoV-2 among clinical respiratory specimens.
2.9% of emergency department (ED) visits were attributable to influenza, 0.7% were attributable to COVID-19, and no visits were attributable to RSV. Kitsap sentinel reporting labs reported 94 positive influenza tests (91 influenza A, 3 influenza B; 14.4% of specimens tested), 1 positive RSV tests (0.6% of specimens tested), and 29 positive COVID-19 tests (4.6% of specimens tested).
On average, about 11 hospital beds at St. Michael Medical Center were in use per day for COVID-19 or influenza patients. At Kitsap long-term care facilities, two COVID-19 outbreaks and one influenza outbreak were reported in the past four reporting weeks.
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