Overview
- RKI reports acute respiratory illness activity fell again in week 9, with doctor visits and hospitalizations below last season’s levels and the seasonal peak passed.
- Hospital SARI data show 25% of severe cases due to influenza, 18% to RSV and 1% to COVID-19.
- Wastewater monitoring shows three consecutive weeks of falling influenza A loads, overall lower RSV signals and a low SARS‑CoV‑2 burden.
- Bavaria reports new weekly influenza cases down about 31% from the prior week and nearly two thirds lower across February, with officials urging caution for older and chronically ill people.
- Thuringia counts 11,583 flu cases since October with at least 50 deaths and about 1,900 hospitalizations, while young children remain the most affected group.