This week's report
Highlights
- Influenza severity for Massachusetts is low this week.
- The percent of influenza-like illness (ILI) visits in Massachusetts is 0.61%, which is lower than the regional baseline of 2.0%.
- The percent of hospitalizations associated with influenza is 0.08%, 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, influenza activity is increasing in most 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
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: | March 11, 2022 |
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Last updated: | March 11, 2022 |