Australian Flu Cases 2016 to 2021

Cases of Influenza in Australia: 2016 to 2021

Before COVID arrived in Australia, the number of Flu cases was averaging, over a 4 year period, between 3,500 and 50,000 cases each month.

Once the COVID-19 cases began to appear, the cases of Influenza reduced to around 2 or 3 hundred per month, and is now averaging about 60 per month.

Month/Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Jan 1,169 2,762 3,746 6,829 6,982 55
Feb 1,970 2,750 2,481 7,161 7,174 50
Mar 2,664 2,815 3,174 11,158 5,899 62
Apr 2,433 1,939 1,977 18,667 309 68
May 2,064 3,285 1,717 30,372 231 75
Jun 2,837 7,793 1,988 57,842 224 73
Jul 9,042 33,207 3,969 70,151 190 52
Aug 29,426 99,367 8,168 60,964 126
Sep 24,217 76,060 11,506 33,572 57
Oct 8,465 15,912 7,320 8,319 35
Nov 4,040 3,369 5,548 3,734 56
Dec 2,557 2,031 6,267 4,316 73
Total 90,884 251,290 57,861 313,085 21,356 435

2016 to 2019 Flu Averages -v- 2020 and 2021.

Average 2016-2019 2020 2021
Jan 3,627 6,982 55
Feb 3,591 7,174 50
Mar 4,953 5,899 62
Apr 6,254 309 68
May 9,360 231 75
Jun 17,615 224 73
Jul 29,092 190 52
Aug 49,481 126
Sep 36,339 57
Oct 10,004 35
Nov 4,173 56
Dec 3,793 73

Source: www.immunisationcoalition.org.au/news-data/influenza-statistics

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