This week's report
View the current weekly flu report.
Highlights
Highlights from this week’s report:
- Influenza severity for Massachusetts is low this week.
- The percent of influenza-like illness (ILI) visits in Massachusetts is 0.75%, which is lower than the regional baseline of 2.0%.
- The percent of hospitalizations associated with influenza is 0.06%, which is lower than two of the previous seasons but similar to what we saw last year in the same week.
- Overall ILI activity is minimal. All regions are reporting minimal ILI activity.
- More influenza A than influenza B positive specimens have been reported by hospitals and outpatient facilities in Massachusetts. For influenza A, the predominant strain is currently H3N2.
- Nationally, influenza activity has decreased in recent weeks, but sporadic activity continues across the country.
- Additional statewide and national data including geographic spread, ILI activity, and pneumonia and influenza mortality are available at CDC’s FluView Weekly Report at www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly and FluView Interactive https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluviewinteractive.htm.
- Statewide and national COVID data are available at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting and https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html
It’s not too late to get vaccinated. Flu vaccination is always the best way to prevent flu and its potentially serious complications.
Additional Resources
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Weekly Flu Report, February 11, 2022 (Accessible)
(English, DOCX 1.75 MB)
| Date published: | February 11, 2022 |
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