Influenza and COVID-19 Updates

Author: PDI Healthcare Clinical Team

Categories: Articles, Healthcare & Patient Care February 7, 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 February 1, 20251

  • As of February 1, reports of Influenza-Like Illness remains elevated and continues to increase across most of the country.
  • Approximately 31.6% of specimens tested are positive for Influenza. Majority of viruses are Influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2) for the season.
  • As of February 1, 7.8% of outpatient visits were for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI).
  • 9.2% of deaths were attributed to pneumonia, influenza, or COVID-19 (PIC), which is above the epidemic threshold of 7.9% for this time period.²
  • Ten pediatric deaths associated with influenza have been reported this week.

U.S. COVID-19 Activity-Data as of January 11, 2025³

  • There have been 1,219,202 total deaths in the United States since January 1, 2020.
  • As of February1, the test positivity rate is 5.5% for the past week, which is a decrease from the previous week.
  • As of February 1, there were 1.9 COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000, which is a decrease 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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