Respiratory Illness Report: Week 52 (12/21/2025 - 12/27/2025)
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In week ending Dec. 27, local indicators for influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) continued to rise, while indicators for COVID-19 remained minimal. Hospitalizations for influenza and COVID-19 have remained low. Regional laboratory surveillance most frequently detected influenza A and RSV among clinical respiratory specimens, followed by rhinovirus.
2.4% of emergency department (ED) visits were attributable to influenza, and fewer than 10 emergency department (ED) visits were attributable to COVID-19 or RSV. Kitsap sentinel reporting labs reported four positive COVID-19 tests (0.6% of specimens tested), 104 positive influenza tests (101 influenza A, 3 influenza B; 15.7% of specimens tested), and 20 positive RSV tests (12.0% 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 has been one influenza outbreak reported in the past four reporting weeks, and no COVID-19 outbreaks.
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