CDC says no peak anytime soon for COVID-19, flu and RSV

The CDC says the JN.1 variant now accounts for more than 60% of new COVID-19 infections, and the virus is still mutating.

Early figures for respiratory virus infections from the first week of the new year show many sickened across the country from COVID-19, the flu, and RSV. And while numbers are not nearly as high, doctors are getting questions from parents following a couple of school outbreaks of whooping cough from the end of last year.

The CDC says flu and COVID-19 cases aren't expected to peak anytime soon.

"Usually, it lasts about 4-6 weeks after you start to see these surges in cases," Dr. Andy Pekosz with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health says. "We fully expect the rest of January into February that we'll have a high amount of activity."

The CDC says the JN.1 variant now accounts for more than 60% of new COVID-19 infections, and the virus is still mutating.

Studies published Monday show newer variants may lead to more severe disease and grow in the lower lungs.