Thirty states have landed in the CDC’s worst tier for flu activity and health officials warn the severe season is likely to get worse.
New government data posted Monday — for flu activity through the week of Christmas — showed that, by some measures, this season is already surpassing the flu epidemic of last winter, one of the harshest in recent history.
COVID-19 infections also have been rising, other federal data show, though they remain less common than flu.
Flu infections surged over the holidays, with 45 states reporting high or very high flu activity during the week of Christmas, up from 30 states the week before
One type of flu virus, called A H3N2, historically has caused the most hospitalizations and deaths in older people.
www.independent.co.uk
New government data posted Monday — for flu activity through the week of Christmas — showed that, by some measures, this season is already surpassing the flu epidemic of last winter, one of the harshest in recent history.
COVID-19 infections also have been rising, other federal data show, though they remain less common than flu.
Flu infections surged over the holidays, with 45 states reporting high or very high flu activity during the week of Christmas, up from 30 states the week before
One type of flu virus, called A H3N2, historically has caused the most hospitalizations and deaths in older people.
States reporting 'very high' flu activity
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
30 states now in worst tier for CDC flu designation as officials warn it’ll get worse
More than 90% of the H3N2 infections analyzed were a new version — known as the subclade K variant
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