Overview
- RKI’s calendar week 8 report shows the influenza wave has passed its peak and overall acute respiratory illness is trending down.
- Laboratory surveillance indicates Influenza A accounts for 32% of positives with A(H3N2) predominant, while RSV and seasonal coronaviruses each comprise about 17%.
- Wastewater readings show RSV levels stable or slightly rising and official RSV case reports have stagnated, signaling continued circulation.
- Hospital indicators continue to ease as severe acute respiratory infection admissions, doctor visits and hospitalizations fall below last season’s levels.
- Among hospitalized severe respiratory cases, clinicians report 30% influenza, 13% RSV and 1% COVID-19, though nowcasting may still overstate near‑term severity.