Following a “mini-Covid surge” at the end of summer, numbers for the virus, flu and RSV are low, but winter’s coming and that’s when the surging usually begins, said Dr. Scott Roberts, medical director for Infection Prevention at Yale New Haven Health.
“Levels are good, but it’s early,” said Roberts.
Soon, as colder weather comes, people will be inside more with poor ventilation, low humidity in the air and with added people that holiday gatherings bring, Roberts said.
It’s impossible to predict the sicknesses that could ensue, he said.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map that shows “Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report Prepared by the Influenza Division” on Friday show Connecticut at a “minimal rate of flu, but the state was slightly higher than other New England states.
In CDC data last updated on September 25, 2025 and presented through September 20, 2025, the “Wastewater Viral Activity Level” for covid in Connecticut was list as “very high.”
Roberts recommends people get vaccinated for covid, which Connecticut has made it easy to do. There are also vaccines for flu and RSV.
The covid vaccine is FDA approved for people 65 years old and older and for those under that age with co-morbidities, he said.
In Connecticut the recommendation is everyone six months and older be vaccinated, according to a statement from from Gov. Ned Lamont’s office.
Lamont recently announced a series of executive actions to ensure any Connecticut resident who wishes to be vaccinated have access to vaccines and that coverage under state-regulated health insurance policies remains uninterrupted.
A statement from Lamont’s office announced the measures, “In the face of recent actions within the federal government that have created uncertainty in the ability of Americans to access COVID-19 vaccines during the upcoming respiratory virus season.”
He also said, “We will not allow gridlock in Washington to put the people of our state at risk.”
Connecticut’s COVID cases had been rising throughout the summer, reaching levels in August not seen since February, according to the Department of Public Health, CT Mirror reported.
Wastewater surveillance, which tests for COVID-19 concentration in wastewater, saw an increase in late July and at the end of August, otherwise remaining low through the early summer, The Mirror reported.
Department of Public Health Commissioner Manisha Juthani, MD, DPH recently released interim guidance for the 2025-2026 season emphasizing that vaccination remains the most effective defense against severe COVID-19, the statement said.
The guidance is similar to those issued in previous years, recommending that children six months and older receive the vaccine, as well as adults of all ages.
“If you’re healthy, you’re probably going to be okay,” Roberts said of covid.
Roberts said it’s hard to tell the difference between COVID, RSV and flu without a test because so many of the symptoms overlap.
Aside from covid tests there are combination tests that can be good to keep on hand such as a covid/flu test and even a test for all three that can be more difficult to find, but can be ordered on Amazon. One vaccine finder site is: https://www.easyvax.com/0.
