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Seeing. we also got reports from this hospital that october is the first time since june that the number of rsv cases has outnumbered covid cases among children. so extremely alarming, extremely overwhelming for these doctors, nurses, and hospital staff. now, to prepare for really another surge possibly of the flu on top of rsv, what this hospital has done is coordinated with the governor of the state, the department of public health, teen national guard to try to possibility set up a field hospital in this area where i'm standing right now. if it comes to that that they need help and room for...

>> brynn gingras has more on the latest viral threat. >> reporter: yeah, this is a very common virus among children. what is not common is the surge that many hospitals all across the country but particularly this one here in connecticut is seeing. now, this hospital reports on average each night 15 to 25 borders as they call them for the past two weeks, that means children who are coming into the hospital or having to stay in bids typically used for freeage just because they can't get into the hospital because they are at full capacity. they have turned playrooms in to hospital beds. they are...

'Kids who have respiratory problems are more apt to get it so anybody who is sick is not allowed pretty much within five feet of my kid,' Kaci Allgood said.

The respiratory syncytial virus typically spikes in the fall or winter, but cases have been rising in the summer. Infants, younger children, and aging people are most vulnerable to this virus.

RSV cases are climbing across the South, in the Southwest and Midwest and Kentucky, where doctors are warning parents to watch for red flags.