Weekly Flu Report, February 18, 2022

Massachusetts Department of Public Health weekly influenza update

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This week's 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 0.52%, which is lower than the regional baseline of 2.0%.
  • The percent of hospitalizations associated with influenza is 0.04%, which is lower than two of the previous seasons, but comparable to last season 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, sporadic influenza activity continues. In some areas, influenza activity is increasing.
  • 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.

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Date published: February 18, 2022

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