At the least 25 U.S. states or territories lately have had “very excessive” or “excessive” charges of influenza exercise, based on the newest knowledge from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

Why it issues: The info suggests this yr’s flu season is hitting the U.S. tougher and sooner than in earlier years, particularly within the south.

By the numbers: The CDC preliminarily estimates there have been between 2.8 million and 6.6 million flu sicknesses from Oct. 1 by means of Nov. 5.

• In that very same time interval, the CDC estimates there have been between 1,300 and three,600 deaths from the flu and between 23,000 and 48,000 hospitalizations from it.

The massive image: The CDC categorized Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia as having “very excessive” ranges of flu exercise.

• Flu exercise ranges haven’t been this excessive this early for the reason that 2009 swine flu pandemic.

Sure, however: The map doesn’t mirror influenza circumstances however non-hospitalized medical visits to well being care suppliers for influenza-like sicknesses, which the CDC makes use of to measure the exercise stage of influenza in a state or territory.

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