The California Department of Public Health reported the season’s first death of a child under 5 due to flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
amid the high level of RSV and other respiratory illnesses “requiring hospitalization of children exceeding the capacity and infrastructure of our designated children’s hospitals.” Orange County is particularly vulnerable because it has only two primary children’s hospitals, both run by Children’s Health of Orange County. The area’s hospitals are also not always able to accept pediatric patients transferred from other areas.
Given current and anticipated hospital demands, state health officials also are recommending that healthcare facilities “explore short-term measures to expand capacity for evaluation and treatment of pediatric patients,” according to a statement from the California Department of Public Health. About 62% of pediatric hospital beds in L.A. County are occupied, up from 54% in early August. Additionally, 70% of pediatric intensive care unit beds are being used, up from 61% a month ago.
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