Biweekly respiratory surveillance report for week ending March 7, 2026

Resources

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• For respiratory surveillance in Canada, visit: Respiratory Virus Detection Surveillance System and COVID-19 Data Trends

• For surveillance of COVID-19 variants of concern, visit World Health Organization: Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Variants

• For COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Canada, visit: COVID-19 vaccination in Canada

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Key Highlights

• COVID-19 activity is low and is decreasing

• Influenza activity is moderate and is decreasing

• RSV activity is low and is increasing

Disease summaries

The table below provides general trends from the different surveillance indicators for each disease that is included in this report.

Table 1. General trends from the different surveillance indicators for each disease in the Yukon

	COVID-19	Influenza	RSV
Percent positivity	Decreasing	Decreasing	Increasing
Syndromic indicators		Increasing
Case rates	Decreasing	Decreasing	Increasing
Severity	Stable	Decreasing	Stable

Figure 1: Percent positivity by respiratory virus

Figure 2: Percent positivity and number of COVID-19 tests by pathogen and region

Percent Positivity

Volume of Tests

Figure 3: Percent positivity and number of Influenza A tests by region

Percent Positivity

Volume of Tests

Figure 4: Percent positivity and number of Influenza B tests by region

Percent Positivity

Volume of Tests

Figure 5: Percent positivity and number of RSV tests by region

Percent Positivity

Volume of Tests

Figure 6: COVID-19, Influenza A, Influenza B, and RSV wastewater surveillance - Whitehorse

Figure 7: Percentage of weekly Community Health Centre* visits for acute respiratory-related reasons, by region

Figure 8: Confirmed cases by respiratory virus

COVID-19

Overall

Rural communities

Whitehorse

Influenza A

Overall

Rural communities

Whitehorse

Influenza B

Overall

Rural communities

Whitehorse

RSV

Overall

Rural communities

Whitehorse