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There have been at least 24 million illnesses, 260,000 hospitalisations and 16,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the US, according to the latest estimates released by the US Centers for...
There have been 15 million flu illnesses and over 9,000 flu deaths. and while officials cautiously watch a decline in flu cases in some areas, covid infections are climbing once more, up by almost 40% the past two weeks and deaths up 25% as the country surpasses another pandemic milestone, 100 million recorded covid cases. the brightest spot tonight, a continued slowing of rsv cases. miguel almaguer with late details. >> reporter: tonight a growing number of medical center s nationwide including albuquerque's unm hospital are in need of a lifeline. rsv, flu and covid cases, the feared triple-d...
Of the flu are surging. today the cdc said more than a third of flu-related hospitalizations and deaths were reported in just the last week. cnn's jacqueline howard joins us to break down the numbers. i know officials are bracing for a surge ain hospitalizations after theholidays. what are they telling you? >> reporter: there's a reason why flu activity in the united states is still very high, and here are the latest numbers from the cdc released just this morning. so we do know that so far at least there have been 13 million flu illnesses. about 120,000 people have been hospitalized due to fl...
Pediatric hospitals across the country are running out of beds because of a spike in infections in rsv. 76% of pediatric icu beds are currently filled. jacqueline howard is at children's health care of atlanta. how much worse is this expected to get as we head into the winter? >> reporter: alex, i can tell you, hospital staff here at children's health care of atlanta told me this morning they are concerned about what's to come this winter. that's because we are facing the triple threat. flu illnesses, rsv, and, of course, the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. and here in atlanta, georgia is one of se...
Dr. Eric Baggerman, CEO of Amistad Community Health Center, said they are starting to see more cases of the flu.