Hospitals in some parts of the United States are severely stressed by multiple winter illnesses.
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Flu cases in Pennsylvania skyrocketed in late November and early December, with weekly counts topping the worst weeks of any flu season dating back at least eight years. The wave also came weeks earlier than usual; Pennsylvania cases normally accelerate following the Christmas and New Year holidays. However, the weekly count dropped last week. Still, the weekly count remained high, and the state health department said it was too early to know if cases have peaked.
“We are seeing flu hospitalizations coming down a bit from the post-Thanksgiving spike. As of Tuesday, there were 739 patients hospitalized statewide with the flu. That’s an 18 percent decrease from a week prior but still more than double before Thanksgiving,” said Liam Migdail, a spokesman for the Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania.
At York-based WellSpan Health, the flu surge has “led to an earlier seasonal increase in flu-related hospitalizations at WellSpan from about a dozen flu patients in the days prior to Thanksgiving to well over 50 flu patients in recent days. In terms of capacity, it’s important to note that our hospitals are not currently experiencing the type of capacity constraints seen during the January 2022 surge of COVID-19,” according to Dr. Mike Seim, the chief quality officer.
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