Worst flu year in NSW with months to go

NSW is in the midst of its worst flu season with 35,727 confirmed cases so far topping the entire 2016 total which was the previous record.

NSW has recorded its worst year for flu, with the number of confirmed cases already surpassing the 2016 total.

A NSW Health report confirms 35,727 cases of the flu have been detected in NSW residents so far in 2017 compared to last year's 12-month record of 35,538.

With 12,724 flu cases registered already in August - traditionally the worst month for influenza - the NSW opposition is accusing the Berejiklian government of being unprepared.

"The last thing the NSW health and hospital system needs is to see hundreds of extra patients pouring into emergency departments with preventable flu symptoms," Labor health spokesman Walt Secord said in a statement on Wednesday.