‘The influenza season peaked later, so it’s taking a while to clear those infections,’ she told Daily Mail.

‘There are also other viruses going around. There are still people with Covid and the flu.

‘It’s due to a number of factors, including weather, behaviours, and travel.’

The good news is that infections are declining steadily overall as the weather warms up.

‘Viruses never go away altogether, but cases should start to drop off by the middle to the end of October,’ Australian National University epidemiologist Professor Peter Collignon said.

While new Covid strains are always developing worldwide, experts aren’t as concerned as they were several years ago.

‘There will always be a new strain every few months, but there’s nothing on the horizon to suggest that it will be any worse than what we’ve seen,’ Dr Collignon said.

‘We’re just as prone