Weekly Flu Report, May 7, 2021

Massachusetts Department of Public Health weekly influenza update

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 0.51%, which is lower than the previous two seasons in the same week.
• The percent of hospitalizations associated with influenza is 0.00%, 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 and FluView Interactive.
• Statewide and national COVID data are available at COVID-19 reporting and CDC's Surveillance and Data Analytics.

Flu vaccination is always the best way to prevent flu and its potentially serious complications.

Date published:	May 7, 2021