Us Flu Deaths 2020
Between october 1 2019 and april 4 2020 according to the cdc the flu has resulted in.
Us flu deaths 2020. The week of april 4 was the last week in season influenza burden estimates will be provided for the 2019 2020 season. From october 2019 to early april 2020 the flu killed an estimated 24 000 to 62 000 people in the us according to the us centers for disease control and prevention. The final data on flu season 2020 has been reported by the centers for disease control and prevention cdc even as covid 19 continues to spread throughout major regions of the united states. Because influenza surveillance does not capture all cases of flu that occur in the u s cdc provides these estimated ranges to better reflect the larger burden of influenza.
This death was associated with an influenza b virus and occurred during week 8 the week ending february 22 2020. The cdc reported fewer than 2 000 influenza associated. This is far more than is currently being discussed by government leaders or the media. The flu infects millions of people every year and kills thousands during the 2018 19 flu season about 35 million people in the us contracted the flu and about 34 000 died according to the cdc.
Now this from our friend steve at grassfire. A total of 188 influenza associated pediatric deaths occurring during the 2019 2020 season have been reported to cdc. More americans are dying weekly from covid 19 than they have in the past from common causes of death like heart disease cancer and the flu. One influenza associated pediatric death occurring during the 2019 2020 season was reported to cdc during week 33.
24 000 62 000flu deaths. It increased in february. However it could equal or surpass the 2018 2019 season s. This year s flu season is shaping up to be possibly less severe than the 2017 2018 season when 61 000 deaths were linked to the virus.
39 million to 56 million illnesses. Cdc continues to report flu deaths the flusurv net data for 2020 has not dipped after january as owens claimed. The cdc s pneumonia and influenza mortality surveillance website reports that there have been more than 80 000 p i pneumonia and influenza deaths during the current 2019 2020 flu season.