2018-2019 Influenza Season Week 9 ending March 2, 2019: Influenza activity remains elevated in the United States.
March 9th, 2019“…..According to this week’s FluView report, overall influenza activity remains elevated and is similar to activity reported last week. 48 states and Puerto Rico continue to report widespread flu activity and 32 states are experiencing high influenza-like-illness (ILI) activity levels. While cumulatively influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses remain predominant for this flu season, during the weekend ending March 2, influenza A(H3) were reported more frequently nationally for the second week. Severity indicators continue to increase as expected but remain substantially lower than what was observed last season. This week another eight flu-related pediatric deaths occurring during the 2018-2019 season were reported to CDC, bringing the total to 64 flu-related deaths for the season.
CDC expects flu activity to remain elevated for a number of weeks……”
