COVID-19, influenza and RSV cases are on the rise ahead of cold and flu season, prompting fears of a tridemic.
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, are significantly on the rise in Northeast Ohio.
Each year, RSV, is responsible for about 58,000 hospitalizations and 100 – 500 deaths among children younger than 5 years of age. It’s important for parents to know the signs, symptoms and when to take action.
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital says they're seeing a surge of RSV both in the ED and inpatient. Dr. Claudia Hoyen said today they are admitting about 4-5 kids each day with RSV and the pediatric ICU has treated about 40 kids just this month with RSV.
Both Rainbow and Cleveland Clinic Children's are also starting to see influenza cases. Cleveland Clinic Children's says it's mainly influenza strain A and the positivity rate is 3% overall. A little higher in school aged kids.
They've watched RSV cases rise for the last few weeks. As of Monday, RSV positivity rate for children aged 0-5 was 46%. Among elementary-age children (6-12 years old), the positivity rate for RSV was 28%.
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