Weekly flu cases, hospitalizations and deaths have nearly doubled for the second week in a row, according to data from the CDC.
Additionally, the cumulative hospitalization rate currently sits at 5 per 100,000, which is the highest at this point in the season since the 2010-11 season, as far back as statistics are available.
What's more, 6,465 new patients were admitted to hospital this past week with flu complications, according to the CDC, compared to 4,326 the previous week. Fourteen states -- mostly in the southeast and south-central regions of the U.S. -- as well as New York City and Washington, D.C., are reporting "very high" levels of influenza-like activity.
A Licensed Vocational Nurse Theresa Jackson, left, is pictured giving flu shots at San Fernando Middle School, Oct.16, 2020 in San Francisco.Experts have stressed that getting the flu shot is the best way to protect Americans from severe illness and death, but vaccine uptake has been sluggish in comparison with previous flu seasons during the
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