EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – At the beginning of December, flu cases in El Paso County were high, but not too out of the ordinary when looking at the past five years. Since KRDO13 reported on that December 6 data set, flu cases have risen exponentially.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Flu season in Southern Colorado: By the numbers, what is the risk?
El Paso County data comparing flu cases to RSV and COVID.
El Paso County data comparing respiratory disease cases in the current and previous years.
The latest influenza, or flu, data comes from Christmas week, which ended on December 27. In that week in El Paso County, 88 people were sent to the hospital because of the flu. That’s practically twice as many hospitalizations as each of the previous three flu seasons.
“The 791 new flu-related hospitalizations reported for the week ending Dec. 27 is a record for raw numbers of influenza hospitalizations reported in one week since we started tracking influenza hospitalizations in 2004,” said Hope Shuler, a spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDHPE).
BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION
KRDO NewsChannel 13 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.
Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here
If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here.