COVID-19 is still unusually low, but from the wastewater especially, it looks like it is starting to creep up. Entero/rhinovirus is also creeping up. All the other common respiratory viruses are now also low and stable and low or getting lower, except for
Data Update
The BC Respiratory Outcomes page has this notice on it now:
The 2024/25 respiratory virus season has ended and reporting will move to a spring-summer schedule on May 1. During this time, the Wastewater Surveillance dashboard will be updated weekly. The Facility Outbreaks dashboard will pause until fall. All other viral respiratory dashboards will be updated on the first Thursday of the month.
I will probably do a BC posting once per month when the data comes out and post the BC Wastewater chart in the General post in the off-weeks. I don’t think it makes sense to do a BC post when there’s no BC data. đ
Charts
From the BC CDC Situation Report:
Comparison vs. Other Influenza-Like-Illnesses, from the Viral Pathogen Characterization page:
In the most recent data (ending 19 April) as reported on 24 April 2025, among influenza-like illness (i.e upper respiratory diseases) cases the province has test data for:
- 31.68% were influenza A or B;
- 10.79% were RSV;
- 12.16% were COVID-19;
- 22.43% were entero/rhinoviruses;
- 5.82% were âcommon coldâ coronaviruses;
- 8.56% were metapneumonia viruses;
- 5.99% were parainfluenza;
- 2.57% were adenoviruses.
Wastewater
From Jeffâs wastewater spreadsheet:
