Key Points

COVID-19

• Epidemic activity continues to decline in S19

• Consistent decline in viral circulation across all age groups amid stabilizing testing rates

• New admissions of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients to general wards and intensive care units continue to decline, but activity in emergency departments remains stable

Influenza and influenza-like illnesses

• End of the influenza epidemic; transition to baseline levels

All-cause mortality across all age groups

• In Week 18, subject to data consolidation, mortality was decreasing; no longer a significant excess of mortality at the regional level