Medical Xpress November 29, 2024
Coronavirus cases have been flat locally, likely due to the outsized surge that occurred this past summer, but the flu appears to be ramping up on its traditional trajectory, indicating that the latest spike of cases will be seen in late December and early January.
The latest weekly respiratory virus report from the county health department recorded 322 flu cases last week, up from 232 two weeks ago but still only about half of the 420 cases observed during the same week last year. COVID-19 cases show a flatter trend with 168 reported last week, 219 two weeks ago and the previous year’s weekly total at 897.
Test positivity rate, the percentage of all ordered tests that come back positive,...
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