According to January 31, 2025 data Posted by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health’s Respiratory Virus Surveillance Team (responsible for generating weekly reports), but cases of Covid-19, influenza (influenza), and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) all rose in December 2024.

Compared to this period last year, RSV cases are lower.

in Report from Cedars Sinai on January 5th“When the New Year begins in earnest, there is a trio of respiratory viruses, which are what we call three times more. Influenza, Covid-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) can be combined to send more people to doctors’ offices or hospitals, sometimes to make the problem worse.”

Caroline Goldzweig, Chief Medical Officer of Cedars-Sinai Medical Network, said: “Having one does not protect you from the other.”

That’s true but Influenza cases plummeted during the pandemic Reportedly, as a result of the coronavirus measurements, compared to last season, the results of the coronavirus measurements include “frequent washing hands and wearing masks, with fewer cases of covid and RSV this breathing season.

According to ” Tgen’s Covid-19 Sequence Dashboard– All the strains detected in Arizona by mid-December 2024 this season were variations of Omicron strains,” Singh said.

Omicron is not a separate disease from Covid-19, but a mutant strain of the same virus (SARS-Cov-2) that caused Covid-19 (SARS-COV-2).

See influenza-like diseases at Maricopa County Hospitals and emergency care facilities (probably the most severe cases) Respiratory virus monitoring pagethe number of cases this season is slightly higher than last season, showing significantly higher than the average of five seasons.

According to Singh, the high risk of severe illness from RSV is said to be “in elderly people, infants and individuals with underlying medical conditions.”

Respiratory virus monitoring data For the year The flu rate is the highest among children under the age of 5.

The vaccine is available to adults and pregnant women, and offers options to protect infants.

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health encourages everyone over six months to flu and the Covid vaccine, as well as other vaccinations recommended by providers. Wash your hands with soap and water. If you are sick, wear a mask. These measurements combine to protect against infection and reduce the severity of symptoms.