Windsor Regional Hospital anticipates COVID, RSV and flu numbers to ‘skyrocket’ after holidays – CBC

Wastewater data, COVID-19 hospitalizations relatively unchanged

Dec 08, 2022

COVID-19 indicators in Windsor-Essex show the virus has remained relatively stable in the community in recent weeks, according to the health unit’s most recent data, but Windsor Regional Hospital’s chief executive officer David Musyj says the hospital is anticipating a rise in COVID-19 after the holidays.

“Traditionally at this time of the year, especially in the past, we kind of see a December lull,” Musyj said at a WRH board meeting Thursday, adding that in previous years influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) numbers “skyrocket.”

RSV is a common respiratory virus on the rise among Ontario children, though Musyj said there is some concern it might begin to impact older populations.

“RSV right now has been typically only found in pediatric patients, although there is concern now that it’s going to morph itself into adult patients,” he said.

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