In health headlines, across the U.S. respiratory illnesses are still circulating at a high level.
The CDC says so far this season, there have been nearly three million illnesses, 23,000 hospitalizations and 1,300 deaths from the flu.
State Health officials say South Carolina is already seeing widespread flu activity.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has reported this season’s first pediatric flu-related death.
South Carolina joins the number of states across the nation where hospitals are filling up due to respiratory infections spreading among children.
Health officials are calling a “tripledemic.”
Officials from South Carolina DHEC and Prisma Health are encouraging everyone to get the flu shot as soon as possible. “We’ve definitely seen a dramatic jump in the number of flu cases this year than any recent flu season. So in the last 8 years, we never really started above the baseline level of flu illnesses, and we’re already above that baseline here in the very first week of flu season,” says Dr. Knoche.
Aside from coronavirus, flu season is still here and DHEC says the Palmetto State is seeing “sporadic flu activity.”
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Aside from coronavirus, flu season is still here and DHEC says South Carolina is in its fourth straight week of widespread flu activity.
