Lancaster County flu activity continues to rise. Most reported cases remain in school-aged children aged six to 19 (39 percent), but the increase in cases in adults 20 to 64 is beginning to pick up speed.
The Lancaster County weekly positivity rate for influenza is 27.2 percent a jump from 11.3 percent.
In a conversation with KLIN News on Dec. 5, Tim Timmons of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department said, “We had, in October, 19 reported flu cases,” Tim Timmons of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department told KLIN News. “In November, we had 665 reported flu cases. So, you can see, it really jumped.”
Timmons added that it’s getting worse. “Last week, we had 332 cases of flu reported. The week prior to that, we had 254. So, it’s going up.”
Currently, it’s mostly been Influenza A spreading, but authorities have seen cases of Influenza B. Timmons advises the public to get their flu shot and to be mindful of the fact that these days, the flu is wreaking havoc with RSV and COVID-19. Timmons adds that a flu shot takes one to two weeks for protection to begin in full.