January 23, 2024 – Respiratory virus season is undoubtedly nonetheless right here, however stress on the healthcare system could now be beginning to ease after weeks of excessive infections. Within the second week of January, the variety of COVID-19 admissions fell by nearly 10%. Nonetheless, in response to the CDC, greater than 32,000 individuals have been nonetheless admitted to U.S. hospitals with the virus. The slight lower comes after weeks of elevated circumstances.

• Flu photographs fell for the second week in a row, with 14,874 laboratory-confirmed flu sufferers hospitalized within the week ending January 13. The CDC estimates there have been at the very least 16 million flu circumstances, 180,000 hospitalizations and 11,000 deaths.

• Emergency division visits for COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus all fell in the identical week. There have been simply over 157,000 mixed visits for the three viruses, up from greater than 215,000 the earlier week.

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Overview of flu, COVID and RSV statistics.