Respiratory Illness Report: Week 49 (11/30/2025 - 12/6/2025)
In week ending Dec. 6, local indicators for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza remained low, but local clinical laboratory testing is beginning to show increasing detections. Local indicators for COVID-19 remained minimal. Regional laboratory surveillance most frequently detected RSV and influenza A among clinical respiratory specimens.
Fewer than 10 emergency department (ED) visits were attributable to COVID-19, influenza, or to RSV. Kitsap sentinel reporting labs reported seven positive COVID-19 tests (1.3% of specimens tested), 19 positive influenza tests (19 influenza A, 0 influenza B; 3.9% of specimens tested), and seven positive RSV tests (6.1% 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 no COVID-19 outbreaks reported in the past four reporting weeks, and no influenza outbreaks.
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