![]() If you’ve never had it, I always describe it as being hit by a Mack truck, because it’s the only way that you can really understand how crummy you can actually feel with it.”įlu has also forced concert cancellations in recent months, waylaying performances by Christina Aguilera and the rock band KISS.Ĭalifornia San Francisco Bay Area’s COVID death rate was among the lowest in the nation. mostly on the outpatient side,” Hudson said. “We are definitely seeing a pretty big uptick in flu. For instance, a person with a lung disease such as emphysema who comes down with COVID-19 may need hospitalization to get additional oxygen, Hudson said.įlu is also putting many patients out of commission. In general, “what’s different this year is this really does seem to be something that is impacting adults a lot more - particularly those who are over the age of 65,” Hudson said.Įven if someone’s bout with COVID is relatively mild, it poses a risk of exacerbating underlying health problems. Though there are a lot of cases of RSV this winter, Hudson said, “it’s not quite as severe as it was last winter.” Last winter’s viral tripledemic taxed hospitals, with the burden of RSV weighing particularly heavily on pediatric facilities. ![]() Nationally, the subvariant JN.1 was estimated to account for 62% of coronavirus specimens for the two-week period that ended Saturday it accounted for 39% of specimens for the prior comparable period. Los Angeles County and the four-county Sacramento area were already in the medium level.Ī more contagious subvariant may be aiding the spread of COVID-19. Seven California counties Friday joined the CDC’s “medium” level of coronavirus-positive hospitalizations from the “low” level: Orange County Alameda and Contra Costa counties in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the Central Valley and Sierra, Stanislaus, Merced, Tuolumne and Mariposa counties. ![]() Here’s whyĬOVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases are all on the rise or at a high level in California and elsewhere. Over the same time period last year, there were about 2,400 weekly COVID-19 deaths.Ĭalifornia Everyone in California seems to be sick with respiratory illness. 1, the CDC has reported an average of about 1,400 COVID-19 deaths a week nationally. The state’s peak last winter was 5,260 new hospital admissions for the final week of 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 30, a 7% increase from the previous week, according to the U.S. 31, 2022.Ĭalifornia recorded 3,516 new coronavirus-positive hospital admissions for the week that ended Dec. Last winter peaked at 44,542 new hospital admissions for the week that ended Dec. 30, a 20% jump over the prior week and the highest one-week total in nearly a year. Nationally, there were 34,798 new coronavirus-positive hospital admissions for the week that ended Dec. “It’s a mixture of the three viruses - influenza, COVID and RSV - but there’s also many other respiratory viruses that we’re also seeing that are always more prevalent during the winter.” Graham Tse, chief medical officer for MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach. “Our emergency department is very busy, as well as our inpatient units,” said Dr. As for the coronavirus, 13.5% were coming back positive, up from 9.9% a month earlier. 30, 18% of tests at county surveillance labs were coming back positive for flu, up from 10% a month earlier. ![]() The rates at which tests for the coronavirus and flu are coming back positive have been rising over the last month in Los Angeles County. California A new coronavirus variant may be behind California’s COVID riseĬoronavirus transmission is once again spiking in California entering the winter holiday season - and the new JN.1 subvariant may be partly to blame.
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