Flu season

As we head into the holiday season and gather with family and friends, it’s also the time for respiratory diseases to hit their peak.

Despite a decline in the number of flu cases in New Mexico at the start of the year, the state still has some of the highest levels in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It’s that time of the year again and cases of winter respiratory illnesses are elevated across the country. In New Mexico, these diseases like RSV, COVID, and especially the flu are hitting hard. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommendations on how best to protect yourself during the holiday season.

It’s that time of year again to prepare for several winter respiratory diseases that will be circulating in the next few months. The New Mexico Department of Health held a briefing Tuesday, about several new developments for vaccines in order to avoid the possibility a tripledemic.

Northwest New Mexico is a national hot spot of COVID according to the latest CDC data. Eight counties, including Bernalillo and Santa Fe, have high community levels of COVID19, which factors in hospitalization rates, while 23 additional counties show the highest levels of transmission. Flu cases are also rising rapidly.

Nine New Mexico counties, including Bernalillo, have Medium community levels of COVID19 according to the latest CDC data. In contrast, the COVID transmission map that doesn’t include hospitalizations shows most of the upper half of the state shaded in red, or highest levels of COVID spread. Now the confluence of RSV, Flu, and COVID is filling up pediatric beds in hospitals.

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