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Forsyth County has returned to the medium category for COVID-19, meaning people at high risk for getting very sick from the virus should mask up.

The number of flu cases still remains high but is slowly decreasing, and COVID-19 cases are rising, a Winston-Salem infectious disease expert said.

Youth hospitalizations from respiratory virus cases, in particular RSV, remains at atypically high levels in the Triad, according to the regions three largest healthcare systems.

The fluctuation in COVID-19 community spread continuess in the Triad with Forsyth County being placed in the low category again, according to the latest federal Centers for Disease Control and

Forsyth County has returned to the low category for COVID-19, according to the latest federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update Thursday.

The sharp uptick in respiratory viruses, particularly influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, has led the Triads three largest healthcare systems to jointly announce Tuesday restrictions in visitors ages 12 and

The sharp increase in respiratory syncytial virus, also known as RSV, is taxing the pediatric bed capacity of most Triad hospitals, two local infectious diseases experts said last week.

Forsyth County has been shifted to the low level for community spread of COVID-19, according to the latest federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update Thursday.

Forsyth County has been reported with two additional COVID-19 related deaths even as the weekly case count remains at a six-month low.

Forsyth County has surpassed 900 COVID-19 related deaths. There were five such deaths recorded the week that ended Oct. 8, Forsyth health director Joshua Swift said Thursday.