According to Centra Care -Minnesota hospitals and clinics are feeling the pinch from a large number of serious cases of respiratory illness — including RSV, flu and lingering COVID. They remind the public to please stay home if you are sick and keep kids out of school and sports if they are sick.

It’s early days, but it’s looking very possible that Minnesota will have a bad flu season after two years in which COVID-19 measures have helped keep the spread of the virus relatively low.