Coronavirus in Oregon: Hospitalizations climb rapidly as hospitals juggle multiple respiratory viruses - OregonLive

COVID-19 hospitalizations climbed 35% last week to reach 311 hospital beds occupied by coronavirus patients, the most hospitalizations at a time since August.

Concerns about a fall surge of the coronavirus have to some extent been subsumed by concerns about RSV, another respiratory virus that is flooding pediatric hospitals with young patients in need of specialized care.

Kate Brown declared the influx of young respiratory virus patients an emergency.

RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a common respiratory virus that can be dangerous, particularly for young children and infants.

Even as COVID-19 hospitalizations grew substantially last week, cases hardly budged, climbing from a seven-day average of 479 new reported cases a day the previous week to 508 this week.

Cases reported by the state are considered a substantial undercount, given at-home tests don’t need to be reported, and people might not be testing as much as they did in the past.