Weekly Flu Report, November 15, 2019

Massachusetts Department of Public Health weekly influenza update

This week's report

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Highlights

• Influenza severity and Influenza-like illness activity for Massachusetts are low this week.
• The percent of influenza-associated hospitalizations in Massachusetts is comparable to the last two flu seasons in the same week.
• At this point in the 2019-2020 flu season, both influenza A and influenza B have been reported, although few samples have been tested thus far.
• Nationally, flu activity is low but increasing, consistent with typical levels of activity at this time of year. Some southern states are experiencing moderate to high flu activity.
• 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.

Flu season has begun and the best time to get your flu shot is now!

Date published:	November 15, 2019