MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — UW Health is reporting respiratory illness levels in Wisconsin are on the rise. Dr. Dan Shirley says they’re seeing a high number of influenza, COVID, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
“Right now, we’re seeing all of these are happening, but especially right now we’re seeing influenza rates that are very high in the community and also high and rising in hospitalizations, which is always one of those warning signs that there’s a lot of people with influenza and also some of them are getting very sick,” said Shirley.
As of last week, there were 40 hospitalizations for influenza at UW Hospital in Madison, its highest number in three years.