Key Takeaways for the Week of October 9, 2025
- There's been an uptick in positive flu tests, meaning that flu is likely starting to spread in the community. Now is a great time to get your flu vaccine from your healthcare provider or pharmacy. Learn more about flu vaccine recommendations and where to get one.
- Nearly 30% of kids ages 0-4 that were seen in the ER last week were diagnosed with a respiratory illness.
- Positive lab tests for rhinovirus and enterovirus, which causes colds and other respiratory infections, continue to increase.
- With the start of the 2025-2026 respiratory season, we've made some updates to this dashboard, specifically on the air samplers page. Read more about the dashboard updates in our blog.
Dashboard Update Schedule
This dashboard is updated on Thursdays at 12:30 pm. If the dashboard is not updated then, we may be experiencing technical issues; check back at 4:30 pm. If we experience a delay in receiving data from one of our data sources, that data element will be updated the following week.
About These Data
Learn more about these data by reading our data notes
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Wastewater Data
This dashboard from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows the levels of COVID in wastewater across the state. To see the most up-to-date data for Madison, click on "Madison" in the left column.
