The CDC monitors influenza by calculating the % of outpatient visits for flu-like illnesses. That upturn in the last few weeks is probably the virus--flu tends to drop off by this time (and is dropping off per some lab reports).
![[Image: ILI11_small.gif]](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2019-2020/images/ILI11_small.gif)
ETA: New York state is at 7,800 cases now. Oy.
![[Image: ILI11_small.gif]](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2019-2020/images/ILI11_small.gif)
ETA: New York state is at 7,800 cases now. Oy.
