California Reports First Death Of A Child This Season From Flu And RSV

The California Department of Public Health confirmed the death of a child under the age of five due to flu and RSV. No other information about the child was released.

Surge Of Seasonal Viruses Expected To Continue

Guidance sent to hospital administrators from CDPH instructed administrators to prepare to expand pediatric patient intake and gave Los Angeles County has more pediatric hospital capacity than Orange County, “so we’re better off,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said at a press conference last Thursday.

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