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>> reporter: amara and boris, public health officials are already seeing some flu hospitalizations, possible cases within schools, and they are bracing for what could be a rough flu season ahead. now, when you look at the numbers, it seems as if were returning to flu levels we saw before the covid-19 pandemic. when you look at the specimen of people going to the doctors office with respiratory symptoms, that percentage who tested positive for flu was 3.1% in october 2019. in 2020 it dropped to 0...

More on where we are seeing those increases. >> amara and boris, public health officials are already seeing some flu hospitalizations, possible cases within schools and they are bracing for what could be a rough flu season ahead. now when you look at the numbers, it seems as if were returning to flu levels that we saw before the covid-19 pandemic. when you look at the percentage of specimens from people going to the doctors office with respiratory symptoms. that percentage that tested positive f...

All right. welcome back. the cdc reporting an early surge in flu cases. more than 1,000 patients were hospitalized by the virus this past week, although current flu activity is still low overall. cnns jacqueline howard has more on where we are seeing the increase. >> reporter: public health officials on the ground already are seeing flu hospitalizations, possible cases within schools, and theyre bracing for what could be a rough flu season ahead. and when you look at the numbers, it seems as if ...

This is the percentage of how many specimens did test positive for flu. now before covid in 2019, you see the percentage was 3.1%. it dropped to 0.2% in 2020. it dropped to 0.1% in 2021. and now this month it is back at 2.5%. and when you also look at pre-covid flu levels in 2019 there were some school closures due to flu. right now we havent heard of any school closures quite yet. but the numbers suggest we could return to procovid levels and over in san diego county where officials are investi...

Years, that it is important to challenge this blatantly unconstitutional law. >> supporters of the texas law call these lawsuits a publicity stunt. schools and health departments are bracing for a possible twin demic with flu in the middle of a raging pandemic. last year the levels of flu were actually low, but many doctors fear thats all about to change. heres cnns jacqueline howard. >> reporter: christine and laura, flu really is unpredictable, so we dont really know what to expect. but the ...