Flu Season: A Brief Update on this Year's Influenza Activity
Category: The CALTCM WAVE 2020
Jan
15
As a service to CALTCM members, and to encourage our clinicians to actively recommend influenza vaccination to their LTC and community dwelling patients, we are sharing recent information on resurgence of Flu activity in California.
From the California Department of Public Health:
- Deaths: 54 since Sept. 29, 2019
- Outbreaks: 16 since Sept. 29, 2019
- Laboratory: 27.7% positive
- Outpatient Influenza-Like Illnesses*: Above expected levels
- Hospitalizations: Above expected levels
For more information from the CDC on this years Flu activity, go to: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/index.htm
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