Figure 1.
Number of monthly cases of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI): September 2016-March 2020. Monthly total precipitation in millimeters (mm) and monthly mean high and low temperatures in degrees Celsius (°C) are shown to reflect seasonal patterns of infection. Top to bottom: (A) Number of monthly cases of nonsevere, severe, and very severe LRTI; (B) number of monthly cases of severe and very severe LRTI associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection; each asterisk indicates 1 death in the given month. RSV A deaths are indicated in black; RSV B deaths are indicated in red. One death associated with both RSV A and RSV B infection occurred in September 2019, indicated in dark red.