Flu activity continued to increase and remained high in the United States in the week ending February 1, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is after dramatic drops in flu activity during the first two weeks of 2020. Flu virus activity was widespread in nearly every US region, with high levels of activity in 45 states and Puerto Rico. There were 10 more pediatric flu deaths reported to the CDC last week, bringing the total for the season to 78. "We seem to have another double barreled flu season," said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease doctor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Source: CNN February 07, 2020 20:03 UTC