Respiratory viruses are spreading in Virginia, sending more people to the hospital. The state health department considers influenza activity “very high” and emergency department visits for COVID-19 have risen for six straight weeks.
But there’s good news: COVID hospitalizations are lower than in each of the past three Januarys, and the flu’s trajectory has resembled previous years.
About 5% of hospital beds last week were devoted to patients with COVID. That number is considered “moderate” and is significantly higher than the 1% Virginia hospitals experienced in August.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
