February 26, 2024 – Influenza levels remain elevated within the U.S. while COVID-19 levels proceed to say no, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in weekly updates last Friday.
“Seasonal influenza activity remains high nationwide and is increasing in some parts of the country, particularly in the Northeast, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Central States.” CDC saidciting data collected through February 17.
The data showed that positive clinical test results fell by 14.8% during this era, while the share of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness remained constant at 4.5%. However, positive rest results increased in some parts of the country.
In the week ending February 17, 71.7% of viruses reported by public health laboratories were influenza A and 28.3% were influenza B.
Since the flu season began on October 1, there have been at the very least 25 million flu illnesses, 11 million flu doctor visits, 280,000 flu hospitalizations and 17,000 deaths, in line with the CDC. Nine deaths from child flu were reported for the week ending February 17. There were 91 deaths within the 2023-24 flu season.
In one (n Update on COVIDAccording to the CDC, positive test results are down 1.3% in comparison with the previous week. Hospitalizations fell 5.7%, emergency room visits fell 12.4% and deaths fell 11.1%. However, seniors and youngsters under 12 months of age proceed to be hospitalized at high rates.
Since the pandemic began roughly 4 years ago, there have been 6,834,006 COVID-related hospitalizations and 1,180,042 COVID-related deaths.