Summary

These reports provide a weekly summary of communicable diseases notifications, investigations and issues in NSW.

These reports include a summary of notifiable infections for the week as reported to NSW public health units by medical practitioners, hospitals and pathology laboratories.

Due to increasing demand on public health staff and clinicians in NSW as a result of the COVID-19 response, the Communicable Diseases Weekly Report will be published in a condensed format until further notice.
From Week 11 2020 the condensed CDWR will consist of the summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW, and links to the most up to date information on COVID-19. Full reports will be published in the event of high priority notifications, or events of significant interest.

Public health alerts will continue to be published on the NSW Health Infectious Diseases Alerts Page.


Week-Year
Week ending		    Topics
​ 52-2020
26 December 2020

  • ​Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 51-2020
19 December 2020
  • ​​Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 50-2020
12 December 2020
  • Legionnaires’ disease – cluster of cases in South-Eastern Sydney
  • Flooding and health risks – managing health risks during and after flooding 
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 49-2020
5 December 2020

  • ​Increase in respiratory illness among young children
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 48-2020
28 November 2020
  • Viral gastroenteritis – highest recorded levels in childcare centres
  • Mosquito borne infections – increase in cases in 2020
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 47-2020
21 November 2020

 

  • ​​Legionnaire's disease – new cases and advice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 46-2020
14 November 2020​
  • ​Listeriosis - two new cases
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

 45-2020

7 November 2020

  • ​Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 44-2020
31 October 2020​
  • ​Viral gastroenteritis
  • HIV Quarter 2 2020 data report available
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 43-2020
 24 October 2020
  • ​​​Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

 42-2020
17 October​ 2020
  • ​Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

 41-2020
10 October 2020
  • ​​Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

 40-2020
3 October 2020
  • ​Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

 39-2020​
26 September 2020
  • ​Condensed reporting – until further notice
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 38-2020
19 September 2020
  • ​Listeriosis - two new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 37-2020
12  September 2020
​
  • ​Invasive meningococcal disease  - one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 36-2020
5 September 2020
​
  • ​Brucellosis - one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 35-2020
29 August 2020
  • Legionnaires' disease - new cases and advice for spring
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 34-2020
22 August 2020
  • ​​Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
15 August 2020
  • ​Invasive meningococcal disease - one new case
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

 32-2020

8 August 2020
  • ​Invasive meningococcal disease - one new case and launch of annual awareness campaign
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

31-2020

1 August 2020​

​There is no report for this week as:

  • there were no events of significant interest,
  • the table of NSW notifiable conditions data was unable to be generated due to a current problem with notifiable diseases data

Up to date information related to COVID-19 can be found at the NSW Health COVID-19 page.

​​​ 30-2020
 25 July 2020​​
  • Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) – summary of epi weeks 1-30
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
​​​ 29-2020
 18 July 2020​
  • ​​Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease - three new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
​​​ 28-2020
 11 July 2020
  • ​Listeriosis - two new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 27-2020
 4 July 2020
  • ​​Invasive meningococcal disease - two new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 26-2020
 27 June 2020
  • ​Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease - one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 25-2020
 20 June 2020​​​
  • ​Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 24-2020
 13 June 2020​​​
  • Tularaemia - one new probable case
  • ​Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​​ 23-2020
 6 June 2020​​
  • ​Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​ 22-2020
 30 May 2020​​
  • ​​​Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​ 21-2020
 23 May 2020​
  • ​​Tularaemia - first notification in NSW
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​ 20-2020
 16 May 2020
  • ​Legionnaire's disease - Media release and summary of cases year to date
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​ 19-2020
 9 May 2020​
  • ​​Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​ 18-2020
 2 May 2020
  • ​Psittacosis - two cases and a local alert
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 17-2020
 25 April 2020
  • ​NSW STI Data Report January to June 2019 - report released
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 16-2020
 18 April ​​​2020
  • ​Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 15-2020
 11 April ​​
  • ​Invasive meningococcal disease - one new case
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 14-2020
 4 April ​​2020
  • ​​​Bacillus cereus food poisoning - family cluster linked to rice 
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 13-2020
 28 March ​2020
  • ​​Legionellosis - seven new cases 
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 12-2020
 21 March ​2020
  • ​Listeriosis - one new case 
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 11-2020
 14 March ​2020
  • Condensed reporting - until further notice
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 10-2020
 7 March 2020​​
  • ​Invasive meningococcal disease - two new cases
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 09-2020
 29 February 2020​
  • ​Salmonellosis - cluster under investigation 
  • Legionellosis (Legionnaire's disease) - five new cases 
  • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 08-2020
 22 February 2020​
  • ​Listeriosis - one new case
  • Shigellosis - 28 new cases  
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 07-2020
 15 February 2020​
  • ​Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) - three new cases
  • After the rain - mosquitoes are a health hazard  
  • Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) - refer to the NSW Health website for ongoing updates
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 06-2020
8 February 2020​
  • Measles - five new cases
  • Novel coronavirus 2019 - refer to the NSW Health website for ongoing updates
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 05-2020
1 February 2020
​
  • ​​Novel coronavirus 2019 - refer to the NSW Health website for ongoing updates
  • Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli and haemolytic uraemic syndrome - three new cases
  • Congenital syphilis - two cases in January 2020
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

 04-2020
25 January 2020
  • ​Novel coronavirus 2019 - updated information
  • Shigellosis - 46 new cases
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 03-2020
18 January 2020
  • ​Novel coronavirus 2019 - information
  • Measles - four new locally-acquired cases including two infants
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 02-2020
11 January 2020
  • ​Measles – two new locally-acquired cases reported
  • Shigellosis - cases linked to New Year’s festival
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease – one new case
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
 01-2020
4 January 2020
(includes 52-2019)
  • Measles – five new cases reported
  • Tuberculosis surveillance report 2018
  • Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

Past communicable diseases weekly reports

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File Link: Communicable Diseases Weekly Report​
File Size: 63 kb
Type: Report
Date of Publication: 10 January 2020
Author: Communicable Diseases
SHPN: (HP NSW) 200002