But the main pressure on hospitals continues to come from children sick with seasonal respiratory illnesses.
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The number is a third more than a week ago, and triple the level of right before Thanksgiving, according to HAP.which in each of the past two weeks have surpassed the highest counts for any week in the past eight years. Still, the greatest pressure on UPMC and many other hospitals involved children sick with illnesses respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. RSV was beginning to ease after surging for nearly two months, but pediatric units remained full this week, UPMC said.emergency rooms and urgent care centers have been straining to keep up, with patients sometimes waiting many hours.
Health experts have cited reduced levels of people getting flu shots, as well as low uptake of the latest COVID-19 booster.
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