Weekly Flu Report, December 2, 2019

Massachusetts Department of Public Health weekly influenza update

This week's report

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Highlights

• Influenza severity for Massachusetts is low this week.
• Influenza-like illness activity for Massachusetts is low but increasing this week, consistent with activity levels seen in the last two years.
• The percent of influenza-associated hospitalizations in Massachusetts is low and comparable to the last two flu seasons in the same week.
• At this point in the 2019-2020 flu season, both influenza A and influenza B have been identified in Massachusetts.
• Nationally, influenza-like illness activity is low but increasing, consistent with typical levels of activity at this time of year.
• Additional statewide and national data including geographic spread, ILI activity, and pneumonia and influenza mortality are available at CDC’s FluView Weekly Report at https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/index.html and FluView Interactive https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/overview/fluview-interactive.html.

 Flu season has begun and the best time to get your flu shot is now!

Date published:	December 2, 2019