COVID-19 cases also trending higher this week.
Patty Machelor Pima County is seeing significant increases in the number of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus cases normally occurring at this time of year just as cases of COVID-19 are also rising here again.
Typically, babies under 6 months of age are the most common RSV patients seen in hospitals but this year, admissions include many toddlers and pre-school children, up to age 4, as well as some elderly patients. The county's high vaccination rate has helped keep COVID-19 cases from jumping as quickly here as they have elsewhere in the country at this time, Cullen said.
Masking can impede or decrease the risk of a person contracting a respiratory disease, Cullen said, or sharing it with others.RSV, flu in Arizona Arizona has reported a total of 3,905 RSV cases since early October. The number of cases has steadily increased in the state, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. In the week of Nov.
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