At the end of the fall/winter 2023-24 season, even with clear evidence to the contrary, the Ontario government told public health units that COVID was seasonal and they could stop reporting COVID outbreaks when they stopped reporting flu and RSV numbers.

Now that "respiratory virus season" is starting again, we should (in theory) see an increase in the number of PHUs publicly reporting outbreaks.

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