Weekly Flu Report, October 9, 2020

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 0.73%, which is comparable to the previous two seasons in the same week.
• The percent of hospitalizations associated with influenza is 0.03%, which lower than the previous two seasons in the same week.
• Overall ILI activity is minimal. All regions are reporting minimal ILI activity.
• 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 season has begun and the best time to get your flu shot is now!

Date published:	October 9, 2020