Flu Trumps COVID Deaths for 1st Time in Years

Flu Trumps COVID Deaths for First Time in Years
For the past two months, deaths from influenza have surpassed ones caused by COVID-19 for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020, according to Professor Peter Chin-Hong, who cites preliminary mortality data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ). Newsweek has contacted the CDC via email for comment.
Deadly flu season: CDC reports more deaths from flu than COVID in recent weekly data
Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the nation, the numbers show.
Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests
Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb. 1, also surpassing COVID-19 mortality nationwide which was holding at around 1.5%. More complete data is expected to be published Friday.
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Experts say this is the worst flu season in the U.S. in more than a decade and cases are still trending up. Flu infections have reached the highest level since the winter of 2010 and 2011 when the swine flu swept across the nation, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.
Flu deaths surpass COVID-19 victims as cases among young people surge
As flu season grips the US with the highest levels in over a decade, the CDC's latest announcement paints a concerning picture of rising hospitalizations and fatalities.
US winter flu deaths outpace Covid for first time in five years
Influenza is overtaking Covid-19 as the deadlier virus in the US this winter - the first time in five years the seasonal illness has surpassed the pandemic pathogen.

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