BREAKING: Flu-like illness hits all-time record for 2nd week in a row!
Flu positivity up for 17th week in a row!
OH, MI, MA, NH at all-time records since 2010!
New England at 2nd highest since 1997!
UPDATE: US Flu Like Illness hit an ALL TIME RECORD over 28 yrs
Flu positivity up 16 consecutive weeks to 31.6%.
FL, MI, MA, NH at all time records over 15 yrs.
2/ This season, 6 out of 9 Census regions have records in the top 15. Notably, none of them are at all time records.
New England has a 2nd place spot this week with peak 2009 flu epidemic still ahead.
3/ 3 of the 6 Census regions with records this season in the top 15 are shown here.
ICYMI: The CDC on Friday reported extraordinary data with the most VERY HIGH states I have ever seen on the ARI map.
Influenza-Like-Illness is the highest since 2018, and the 2nd highest for the entire dataset going back to 1998 on a year over year basis.
South Carolina is in especially bad shape.