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County sees influenza driving hospitalizations; COVID lower but updated vaccines expected this fall; measles cases isolated
Summary
County officials said influenza, not COVID-19, has been the primary driver of respiratory hospitalizations this past year; the county is monitoring a low but rising level of COVID cases and awaiting federal vaccine guidance for the fall.
Sean O'Donnell, Deputy Health Officer, told the Council that influenza has been the dominant cause of serious respiratory illness and hospitalizations in Montgomery County during the past year, while COVID-19 has contributed a smaller share of inpatients.
"Influenza hospitalizations, inpatients are largely our seniors, our immunocompromised, and so that has not, changed respiratory disease," O'Donnell said. He noted that…
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