With flu activity last week higher than or similar to the highest point of the season and hospitalizations and deaths on the rise, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today that it now classified the season as high severity for all age-groups for the first time since the 2017-18 season.
Over the past 2 weeks, flu deaths have outpaced fatalities from COVID and now make up 2.6% of all deaths for the most recent week, compared to 1.5% for COVID.
Outpatient visits for flulike illness are highest in people ages 24 years old and younger.
11 more pediatric flu deaths
The CDC received reports of 11 more pediatric flu deaths, raising the season’s total to 68.
