This year at Northwell Labs, one out of every four tests, more than 9,000, have come back positive for the flu.
"This is three times the volume we saw in the most recent pre-COVID season of the flu, so it's a big flu season, it's back hard and heavy," said Dr. Dwayne Breining of Northwell Health Labs.
Overall, doctors say those who are particularly at high risk right now of ending up in the hospital are kids under the age of 2 who were born during the pandemic. In terms of pediatric visits in the Northwell system, they are up 150% compared to this time last year, and up 300% compared to 2020. "While we have a little bit of a reprieve with RSV, we are still getting a lot of RSV," Dr. Sophia Jan said."I thought it would have been a much faster sprint across that finish line when the vaccines came out, but here we are today, in a much better place," Lindsay said.
After Thanksgiving, Northwell saw a 30% increase in COVID cases and expects a repeat after New Year's.
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