A Michigan pediatric hospital is reporting it is completely full due to a surge of cases linked to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
The Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., in an image from Google Street View 2020.due to a surge of cases linked to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.
Hospital officials said they are worried that this surge -- coupled with an earlier flu season and a potential new COVID-19 wave -- could put more stress on the health care system."We have been 100% full, I think we're going on our sixth week, and RSV seems to have emerged earlier this year and in higher numbers this year," Luanne Thomas Ewald, chief operating officer at Mott Children's Hospital, told ABC News.
, weekly RSV cases nationwide have risen from 5,872 the week ending Oct. 1 to 8,597 the week ending Nov. 5.
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