Influenza and COVID-19 Updates

Author: PDI Healthcare Clinical Team

Categories: Articles, Healthcare & Patient Care January 10, 2025

October marked the start of the 2024-2025 Influenza season. It’s more important than ever to ensure you are protecting your health and the health of your loved ones with proper infection prevention measures. PDI is invested in providing you with the most up-to-date information as it becomes available. Please continue to visit this page for ongoing updates regarding the status of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Influenza virus!

 

U.S. Influenza Activity is elevated across most of the country – Week ending December 28, 20241

  • As of December 28, reports of Influenza-Like Illness continues to increase and is elevated across most of the country.
  • Approximately 18.7% of specimens tested are positive for Influenza. Majority of viruses are Influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2) for the season.
  • As of December 28, 6.8% of outpatient visits were for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI).
  • 6.9% of deaths were attributed to pneumonia, influenza, or COVID-19 (PIC), which is below the epidemic threshold of 7.7% for this time period.²
  • Two pediatric deaths associated with influenza have been reported this week.

U.S. COVID-19 Activity-Data as of December 28, 2024³

  • There have been 1,214,516 total deaths in the United States since January 1, 2020.
  • As of December 28, the test positivity rate is 7.1% for the past week, which is an increase from the previous week.
  • As of December 28, there were 3.1 COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000, which is an increase from the previous week.

Helpful Prevention Tips:

  • Consider getting your influenza vaccination now
  • Ensure that you’re practicing social distancing measures: mask-wearing, hand hygiene, & enhanced cleaning to protect you and your loved ones. This is helpful in COVID-19 and Influenza prevention.
  • CDC has a dedicated website to provide guidance on COVID-19 vaccination and boosters
    • On December 9, 2022, recommended updated (bivalent) COVID-19 boosters for children ages 5 years and older in the United States.
  • CDC has a community level COVID-19 tracker to assist with helping communities and people decide on local prevention steps

 

1 https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm 

2 https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/mortality.html

³ https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#maps_positivity-week

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