Integrated Respiratory Disease Surveillance Report

The Integrated Respiratory Disease Surveillance report provides an overview of respiratory virus activity in Waterloo Region. The dashboard includes information on flu (influenza), COVID-19, and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). It presents trends in cases reported to public health, hospitalizations, hospital intensive care admissions, deaths and outbreaks (where data is available). Data for each disease may differ based on provincial reporting requirements. Data can be viewed by respiratory season or calendar year.

For information on other infectious diseases in our region, visit the Annual Infectious Disease Surveillance Report. Visit the Respiratory Disease Outbreak Bulletin for a list of active outbreaks in high-risk settings in Waterloo Region.

The dashboard is updated weekly on Fridays. If Friday is a holiday, the update will be on the previous day. The data includes information up until 11:59 p.m. on the previous Saturday.

How to use the tool
The tool is best viewed on a desktop or tablet. To view the dashboard in full screen, click on the expansion button at the bottom of the dashboard: Fullscreen expand icon with four black outward facing arrows on a white background

Hover over figures and charts to see detailed data points. Alternate text is available for key visual elements to enhance accessibility for users.

For information on data sources, definitions, caveats as well as links to information on respiratory activity in Ontario in Canada, click on the information button at the bottom of the dashboard: Bold information icon enclosed in a thick black circle on a white background

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