Acute respiratory infection surveillance reporting

Weekly influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and COVID-19

Queensland Health publishes weekly surveillance reports for influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and COVID-19 to monitor trends from a number of perspectives, including laboratory confirmed notifications and hospitalisations.

Queensland acute respiratory infection surveillance report 1 January - 6 July 2025 (PDF 1938 kB)

ARI Genomic Reports

Queensland COVID genomics epidemiology summary 8 July 2025 (PDF 231 kB)

Queensland influenza virus genomic surveillance report 26 June 2025 (PDF 1391 kB)

Number of persons hospitalised with COVID-19, Influenza, RSV  in Queensland

Number of persons hospitalised with COVID-19, Influenza or RSV in Queensland since 7 January 2024

Number of persons hospitalised with Acute Resipiratory Infections

Number of persons hospitalised with COVID-19 in Queensland since 7 January 2024

Number of person hospitalised with COVID

Number of persons hospitalised with Influenza in Queensland since 7 January 2024

Number of persons hospitalised with Influenza

Number of persons hospitalised with RSV in Queensland since 7 January 2024

RSV

Number of First Nations persons hospitalised with COVID-19, Influenza or RSV in Queensland since 7 January 2024

Number of First Nations People hospitalised with ARI

Data extracted on 7 July 2025

COVID-19
153 people were in hospital with COVID-19, 22 (14%) were aged 65–74 years and 99 (65%) were 75 years or more.
1,217 people diagnosed in the last week, 153 (13%) were aged 65–74 years and 304 (25%) were 75 years or more.

Influenza
152 people were in hospital with Influenza, 82 (54%) were aged 65 years and above.
3,058 people diagnosed in the last week, 409 (13%) were aged 65 years or more.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
41 people were in hospital with RSV, one (2%) was under 6 months of age and six (15%) were aged between 6 months to less than 2 years.
880 people diagnosed in the last week, 26 (3%) were aged under 6 months and 152 (17%) were between 6 months to under 2 years.

Number of persons hospitalised

Number of persons in hospital with COVID-19 by age group and HHS of residence – snapshot on  ^ July 2025

HHS
All
under 5
5 to 17
18 to 64
65 to 74
75 plus
Torres and Cape
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cairns and Hinterland
2
0
0
2
0
0
North West
3
0
0
2
0
1
Townsville
4
1
0
0
1
2
Mackay
3
1
0
0
0
2
Central Queensland
6
0
0
0
1
5
Central West
1
1
0
0
0
0
Wide Bay
20
0
0
3
2
15
Sunshine Coast
20
0
0
4
3
13
Metro North
30
0
0
3
6
21
Metro South
19
1
1
5
2
10
Darling Downs
16
1
0
3
3
9
West Moreton
13
0
0
1
3
9
South West
2
0
0
0
1
1
Gold Coast
14
0
1
2
0
11
Overseas resident
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
153
5
2
25
22
99

Number of persons in hospital with influenza by age group and HHS of residence – snapshot on 6 July 2025

HHS
All
under 6m
6m to 4 yrs
5 to 17
18 to 64
65 plus
Torres and Cape
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cairns and Hinterland
9
0
2
1
3
3
North West
0
0
0
0
0
0
Townsville
1
0
0
0
1
0
Mackay
0
0
0
0
0
0
Central Queensland
3
0
0
0
3
0
Central West
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wide Bay
6
0
0
0
1
5
Sunshine Coast
12
0
2
0
4
6
Metro North
40
0
1
6
15
18
Metro South
30
2
1
1
5
21
Darling Downs
19
0
3
4
5
7
West Moreton
16
0
0
1
6
9
South West
1
0
0
0
0
1
Gold Coast
15
0
0
1
2
12
Overseas resident
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
152
2
9
14
45
82

Number of persons in hospital with RSV by age group and HHS of residence – snapshot on 6 July 2025

HHS
All
under 6m
6m to 4 yrs
5 to 17
18 to 64
65 plus
Torres and Cape
1
0
0
0
1
0
Cairns and Hinterland
0
0
0
0
0
0
North West
1
0
0
0
0
1
Townsville
3
0
0
0
1
2
Mackay
0
0
0
0
0
0
Central Queensland
3
0
0
0
1
2
Central West
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wide Bay
5
0
0
0
0
5
Sunshine Coast
1
0
0
0
1
0
Metro North
9
1
2
2
0
4
Metro South
9
0
1
1
1
6
Darling Downs
4
0
1
1
0
2
West Moreton
2
0
1
0
1
0
South West
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gold Coast
3
0
1
0
0
2
Overseas resident
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
41
1
6
4
6
24

Cases reported

Number of COVID-19 cases reported for the week ending 6 July 2025 by age group and HHS of residence

HHS
All
under 5
5 to 17
18 to 64
65 to 74
75 plus
Torres and Cape
3
1
0
1
1
0
Cairns and Hinterland
16
1
1
7
2
5
North West
13
0
1
9
1
2
Townsville
35
4
2
15
2
12
Mackay
39
3
3
19
7
7
Central Queensland
39
3
1
25
3
7
Central West
3
1
0
1
0
1
Wide Bay
77
2
0
24
12
39
Sunshine Coast
97
4
6
31
14
42
Metro North
250
23
20
131
22
54
Metro South
295
27
24
150
38
56
Darling Downs
84
8
6
34
11
25
West Moreton
122
16
8
58
21
19
South West
10
3
0
5
0
2
Gold Coast
132
16
8
56
19
33
Overseas resident
2
0
0
2
0
0
Total
1,217
112
80
568
153
304
2025 YTD
22,553
2,009
1,525
10,512
2,919
5,588

Number of influenza cases reported for the week ending 6 July 2025 by age group and HHS of residence

HHS
All
under 6m
6m to 4 yrs
5 to 17
18 to 64
65 plus
Torres and Cape
14
0
2
1
9
2
Cairns and Hinterland
65
0
5
8
34
18
North West
17
1
3
6
5
2
Townsville
61
0
4
18
29
10
Mackay
80
0
12
7
49
12
Central Queensland
50
0
5
5
31
9
Central West
2
0
0
1
1
0
Wide Bay
41
0
1
11
17
12
Sunshine Coast
221
0
22
43
121
35
Metro North
674
2
70
184
326
92
Metro South
965
9
96
297
469
94
Darling Downs
194
3
16
52
90
33
West Moreton
231
3
30
61
115
22
South West
8
0
3
1
1
3
Gold Coast
431
2
51
121
193
64
Overseas resident
4
0
0
2
1
1
Total
3058
20
320
818
1491
409
2025 YTD
32679
126
3131
7912
15547
5963

Number of RSV cases reported for the week ending 6 July 2025 by age group and HHS of residence

HHS
All
under 6m
6m to 23m
2 to 4 yrs
5 to 64
65 plus
Torres and Cape
2
0
0
1
1
0
Cairns and Hinterland
9
1
2
2
2
2
North West
7
1
0
0
4
2
Townsville
27
2
3
4
13
5
Mackay
6
0
1
1
3
1
Central Queensland
22
1
5
4
7
5
Central West
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wide Bay
27
1
5
3
9
9
Sunshine Coast
56
1
9
15
16
15
Metro North
153
2
18
19
67
47
Metro South
225
7
35
48
91
44
Darling Downs
139
6
30
32
35
36
West Moreton
83
2
23
18
29
11
South West
8
0
1
4
2
1
Gold Coast
114
2
20
19
50
23
Overseas resident
2
0
0
0
2
0
Total
880
26
152
170
331
201
2025 YTD
18,289
565
4,360
3,469
6,456
3,439

This report includes notifications for Queensland and overseas residents diagnosed with COVID-19, influenza or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Queensland. Interstate residents diagnosed in Queensland are excluded from this report.

The number of persons hospitalised is a count of persons known to have the acute respiratory illness and to have been in a Queensland public hospital on that day.

Data are current at the time of this report. The total number of notifications may change day to day due to regular data quality activities and because additional cases have been notified to Queensland Health. This is a normal feature of live surveillance data.

Last updated: 9 July 2025