Covid hospitalizations are rising in the United States, even as hospitalizations for RSV and the flu continue to fall.
As of Thursday, data from the Department of Health and Human Services showed that pediatric hospital beds nationwide — which include children hospitalized with Covid, RSV or flu, among other illnesses — were 66% full, down from 69% a week ago.
The dip in flu activity could also be the result of a reporting lag over the holidays, Schaffner added. He said a combination of population immunity — from either prior infection, vaccination or both — and a string of new variants that appear to be less virulent have made the virus less of a threat this winter.
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