Outbreak Outlook

Book Announcement: Last week, I announced that I have a new book coming out in October! Your responses were encouraging, and I’m grateful. If you’re interested, you can preorder the book here.

Summer Plans: As summer approaches and data on respiratory diseases dwindles, I am moving to my off-season schedule. For the summer months, I’ll be combining weekly updates into a single report for paid subscribers. Expect these updates to be less detailed until the fall, at which point I will return to my normal publishing schedule, including a free national version. Free subscribers will continue to receive other essays and posts during the summer months, but I won’t be posting as often.

ILI

Influenza-like illness activity fell very slightly this week, from 2% of doctor visits for fever and cough or sore throat to 1.9%.

All age groups have seen steady declines since the winter months. As always, young children have the highest levels of ILI at 6%. The older age groups are under 3%.

Currently, only Washington, D.C. and the Northern Mariana Islands have ILI activity in the low category; all other jurisdictions report minimal levels of activity. I expect activity to remain low through at least October, if not later.