Mike Honey

A Flunami in July Australia has recorded its largest number of laboratory-confirmed influenza virus detections among sick people for any July on record.

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For the remaining states and territories, the ACT and South Australia reported the highest waves on a per-capita basis. All the waves appear to be receding now.
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Looking at the Influenza cases on a per-capita basis for the eastern states (7-day rolling averages), Victoria showed a wild spike in mid-July, followed by a wild plunge – probably the true case rates were somewhere in-between.
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The trend for Influenza case growth in Queensland is unique. It started later and has still not peaked.

It is tracking well below the record-setting wave of 2024.
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This will be the 3rd-highest wave since the "influenza pause" during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite rising from the highest baseline, earlier in the year.
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Australian Influenza cases update:

Reported Influenza cases for Australia have peaked in late July, at a slightly lower level than the 2024 wave.

#Influenza #Australia
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Thanks for the feedback Ian - I really appreciate it!

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Here’s the table of recent sample volumes (excluding Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US).

Sample data sharing from China resumed, and it returned to 1st place.
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Here are the leading countries reporting the XFG.* "Stratus" variant.
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Here are the leading countries reporting the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant.
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This perspective excludes all the high-volume countries and regions that I routinely report on: Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US. The remaining countries are aggregated into this report.
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Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to mid-July.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, but fell to finish at 49%.

XFG.* "Stratus" grew strongly to 36%.

#COVID19 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Here are the leading European countries reporting XFG.* "Stratus".

Strong growth was reported from Russia, to 91%. Almost all the recent samples were from Saint Petersburg.

France joined Ireland and the Netherlands to lead in western Europe, at around 60%.
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Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to mid-July.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, growing to 59% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" faded to 14%.

#COVID19 #EUR #LP_8_1 #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has been holding on in Scotland, at 30-35% frequency.

It grew strongly in Wales to finish at 39%

A double-wave seems likely in Scotland and Wales. This scenario raises the risk of rapid reinfections, for those relying on immunity from a recent infection.
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XFG.* "Stratus" was reported at 66% from England, with strong growth.

It is lower in Scotland and Wales: at or below 40%.
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Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to mid-July.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant, holding at around 50%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" rebounded somewhat to 24%.

#COVID19 #UK #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to mid-July.

XFG.* "Stratus" grew to clear dominance at 55%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell back to 22%.

#COVID19 #Canada #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to mid-July.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, growing to 56% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" was fairly flat, finishing at 17%.

#COVID19 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to mid-July.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, but fell to 49% frequency.

JN.1.* + DeFLuQE (led by the MC.10.2.1 lineage) rebounded somewhat to 33%.

XFG.* "Stratus" grew to 11%.

#COVID19 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to early July.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has continued to dominate, rebounding to 71%.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is the likely next challenger, but only at 10%.

#COVID19 #Australia #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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