This week's report
View the current weekly flu report.
Highlights
- Influenza severity for Massachusetts is low this week.
- The percent of influenza-like illness (ILI) visits in Massachusetts is 1.58%, which is higher than previous seasons and lower than the regional baseline of 2.0%.
- The percent of hospitalizations associated with influenza is 0.22%, which is higher than previous seasons.
- Overall ILI activity is minimal. The Outer Metro Boston and Southeast regions are reporting low ILI activity; the Boston, Central, Inner Metro Boston, and Northeast regions are reporting minimal ILI activity.
- Laboratory-confirmed influenza cases decreased by 48% this week. 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, seasonal influenza viruses continue to circulate, and activity is increasing in parts of 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 https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/index.html and FluView Interactive https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/overview/fluview-interactive.html.
- Statewide and national COVID data are available at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting and https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home
Flu vaccination is always the best way to prevent flu and its potentially serious complications.
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| Date published: | June 10, 2022 |
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