The rate of hospitalisations of infants was also continuing to climb, with more than 1.75 cases per 1000 per week – twice the expected rate, she said. Jefferies said ESR was also receiving increasing reports of outbreaks in early childcare settings across the country. “The peak in national RSV illness activity is possibly still to come,” she said. Christel Yardley/Stuff The overall weekly rate of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) hospitalisations in Auckland decreased compared with the previous week, the latest ESR data shows. ESR’s surveillance of hospitalisations for severe acute respiratory infection shows the overall weekly rate in Auckland decreased compared with the previous week, and were now below the baseline seasonal threshold, Jefferies earlier said.