{"id":479138,"date":"2025-12-30T03:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/479138\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T03:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T03:32:09","slug":"flu-cases-reach-all-time-weekly-high-in-new-york-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/479138\/","title":{"rendered":"Flu cases reach all-time weekly high in New York \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York is facing one of its worst flu seasons ever. <\/p>\n<p>Amid a nationwide spike in seasonal cases, the Empire State recorded a new high in single-week reports in the week before Christmas. According to state health officials, more than 71,000 cases of the flu were reported during December 14-20. <\/p>\n<p>The mid-December spike marks a 38% increase in weekly cases over the previous week. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeing the highest number of flu cases ever recorded in a single week in New York State,&#8221;\u00a0State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said.\u00a0&#8220;We are closely reviewing hospital bed capacity data to better understand hospitalization trends and to guide any necessary response related to impacts from respiratory viral infections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The state&#8217;s flu data tracking only goes back to 2004. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Hospitalizations related to the flu are also on the rise. Officials said the number of people admitted to the hospital rose by 63% over the previous week. Almost 3,700 people were in the hospital that week. <\/p>\n<p>The spike in cases may not ease for some time; officials say peak flu season is typically in January. <\/p>\n<p>Health officials stress it&#8217;s not too late in the season to get your flu shot. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>State health officials shared &#8220;simple preventive actions&#8221; to take against the spread of the flu: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid close contact with people who are sick.<\/li>\n<li>Stay home when sick.<\/li>\n<li>Cover cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.<\/li>\n<li>Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York is facing one of its worst flu seasons ever. Amid a nationwide spike in seasonal cases,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":479139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[210,1060,405,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-479138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115806414180824937","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}