In week ending December 7, local indicators for RSV and influenza continued to increase, while local indicators for COVID-19 remained minimal. Puget Sound regional laboratory data show rapidly rising RSV activity, and Pierce County reports a recent increase in local influenza indicators. Elevated pertussis activity is also being reported throughout Washington State.
0.8% of emergency department (ED) visits were attributable to influenza, and fewer than 10 visits were attributable to COVID-19 or to RSV. Kitsap sentinel reporting labs reported 7 positive COVID-19 tests (1.5% of specimens tested), 35 positive influenza tests (26 influenza A, 9 influenza B; 8.4% of specimens tested), and 7 positive RSV tests (5.2% 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 or influenza outbreaks reported in the past four reporting weeks.