Chicago – According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, the spread of the flu in Chicago has decreased to a moderate level.
Last Friday, the city agency reported that indicators of flu activity decreased at the end of February.
Moderate level of airway disorders
What we know:
The general level of acute activities of the airways in Chicago remained on moderate levels, according to the CDPH.
Covid-19 activity remained low.
RSV activity also remained low and fell in all surveillance indicators.
By the figures:
The number of visits to first aid and hospital admissions for the flu were still at increased levels for all age groups, but fell after the peak at the end of January.
The recordings to the ICU were also declining.
While COVID-19 Emergency visitors had risen for COVID-19 in children of 5 years and younger in the past two weeks, the total ICU recordings have been somewhat declined since last week.
Civil servants also noted that the CDC released its first estimates of the effectiveness of this season’s flu vaccine. The Federal Health Agency said that this season’s flu and COVID-19 vaccines were effective in preventing serious illness, including hospitalization, in the US
Nevertheless, flu and covid-19 vaccine recording in Chicago remains low. From mid-January, fewer than a quarter of the residents had received a flu shot and less than 12% had received a Covid-19 shot.
For more information, visit the website of the Chicago Department of Public Health.
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