enoughgh beds. reporter: as hospitals struggle, the cdc says flu infections appear to be declining in some areas, though still dramatically outpacing last year s numbers. in over ten weeks, more than 9,300 flu death, 150,000 hospitalizations. the most of any flu season in more than a decade. covid infections are also up 40% over 2 weeks as fatalities climb 25% though cases remain far below pandemic highs. as record rsv cases are peaking it just happened so fast. reporter: jordan marquez says after 3-month-old amaya caught covid, it was rsv that nearly took her life. every day she was just laying there and like who knows if her lungs were going to get better or not. reporter: this hospital like so many others across the country is overwhelmed, now putting two cribs in each room to handle the influx of children. outside a triage tent in a parking lot is taking adult patients,
State health officials are urging New Yorkers to get their annual flu shot, particularly those 6 months and older, after the state announced its first pediatric.