Weekly Flu Report, March 12, 2021

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.
• The percent of influenza-like illness (ILI) visits in Massachusetts is 0.50%, which is lower than the previous two seasons in the same week.
• The percent of hospitalizations associated with influenza is 0.07%, which is lower than the previous two seasons in the same week.
• Overall ILI activity is minimal. All regions are reporting minimal ILI activity.
• More influenza B than influenza A positive specimens have been reported by hospitals and outpatient facilities in Massachusetts.
• Nationally, flu activity is low.
• 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.

Date published:	March 12, 2021