Cases of strep throat, croup, common colds and bronchitis also are showing up, lengthening the line of patients waiting for care.
Like influenza, strep and other respiratory illnesses are fairly common in the winter.
Actually this is totally normal for this time of year. The area goes thru it every season and it's brought on by all the snowbirds [migrating white haired retiree's that move south every winter] from Canada & Minnesota bringing their crud with them.
We get the same thing in S.Fla.,nothing new here.