Becker's Healthcare October 29, 2024
Mariah Taylor

The CDC expects the peak number of hospitalizations for flu, COVID-19 and RSV this winter to be similar to or lower than that of last season, though higher than this summer’s peak.

Six things to know:

  1. The CDC created two scenarios to predict how the winter flu season might go. Scenario A projects that COVID hospitalizations could peak in late December, if COVID activity from the summer did not peak before the start of the respiratory season. In scenario B, the COVID-19 summer wave peaked before the respiratory season began and a smaller second wave may happen in mid-January. Both scenarios predict fewer hospitalizations than last season.
  2. According to COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network data, the summer wave peaked the...

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