Hospitals across the Twin Cities are seeing a rise in enterovirus cases in children.

She said he was taken by ambulance to HCMC in Minneapolis, where he tested positive for enterovirus and rhinovirus and was hospitalized for 24 hours.

“We have been seeing lots and lots of cases of the respiratory enterovirus here,” said Dr.

She said children who arrive at the hospital with symptoms are swabbed for a number of viruses, such as COVID-19, the flu and enterovirus/rhinovirus.

Maroushek said in the last six weeks at Hennepin Healthcare, hundreds of children have tested positive for enterovirus.

While enterovirus as a whole is on the rise, the Minnesota Department of Health told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS there are no confirmed cases of enterovirus D-68 in Minnesota so far this season.