COVID-19: A Catalyst for Future of the Life Sciences genengnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from genengnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam said there were fewer than 4,000 cases of the flu reported in Pennsylvania, and said our COVID-19 mitigation efforts helped.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox.
Pennsylvania saw one of its mildest flu seasons on record, with high flu vaccine rates and mitigation measures aimed to slow the spread of covid-19 keeping influenza cases low, officials said Friday.
This year’s flu season, which officially ended on May 22, saw 3,664 lab-confirmed cases statewide, according to Deputy Secretary of Health Preparedness and Community Protection Ray Barishansky.
That marked a 95% decrease from cumulative case counts at the end of last year’s flu season.
“The previous season was higher than usual with more than 130,900 cases of flu,” Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam said.