Note: Recent high rainfall has caused very high flow rates that are likely to have contributed to the large increase in the calculated gene concentrations over the last 2 weeks.
🔹KP.2, KP.3 and KW.1.1 are sub-lineages of JN.1. We have reported on these sub-lineages separately from the JN.1 group this week because of their increasing prevalence. Emergence of COVID-19 variants has been associated with new waves of COVID-19 infections, so we continue to closely monitor these trends
(2/4) Pneumonia in children and young adults in NSW: Week ending 16 March
🔹Presentations and admissions for children 0-4 years have
continued to increase
🔹For children aged 5–16 years there was a continued increase in presentations to ED and an uptick in the number admitted to hospital
🔹For those 17-34 years presentations have been fluctuating in an overall upward direction