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Details. >> reporter: flu activity remains high across the country right now. and here are the latest numbers. so far due to the flu at least 13 million people have been sick. 120,000 hospitalized. more than 7,000 deaths from flu have been reported. and 21 of those reported deaths have been in children. according to the cdc, all but seven states are experiencing high or very high levels of respiratory virus activity right now. in new york city, health officials issued an advisory saying everyone should wear masks indoors in public, even if you have gotten your flu shot or had flu before. and o...

Of the flu are surging. today the cdc said more than a third of flu-related hospitalizations and deaths were reported in just the last week. cnn's jacqueline howard joins us to break down the numbers. i know officials are bracing for a surge ain hospitalizations after theholidays. what are they telling you? >> reporter: there's a reason why flu activity in the united states is still very high, and here are the latest numbers from the cdc released just this morning. so we do know that so far at least there have been 13 million flu illnesses. about 120,000 people have been hospitalized due to fl...

Met fin and ibuprofen. >> elizabeth cohen is here with us. elizabeth, how big of a problem is this? >> reporter: alisyn, this could become a big problem. sit already problematic we're hearing in some areas. it's really hard to tell how widespread these shortages are, but it's not good, and hopefully unlike the infant formula shortage which kind of went on and on, hopefully they will nip this in the bud. let's take a look at the flu situation in the u.s. which is the reason behind a lot of this. those red states, those are states are high or very high flu activity. it's almost the entire united...

Norah. >> o'donnell: quite a story. jeff pegues, thanks so much. well in tonight's "health watch" the centers for disease control says influenza hospitalizations are at their highest levels in more than a decade for this time of the year. 44 states are reporting high or very high flu activity just in the last week. 14 children have already died this flu season. and senate majority leader chuck schumer is calling on the department of health and human services to step in as some hospitals in new york are running out of beds due to the record number of pediatric r.r.s.v. cases. the supreme court ...

Cases surge. 45 states as well as washington, d.c., new york city, and puerto rico are reporting widespread or high flu activity. the cdc warns hospitalizations haven't been this high this early in the season in over a decade. covid infections and hospitalizations are also, again, on the rise. now to a terrifying coyote attack recorded by a doorbell camera. we want to caution, this video is disturbing, but the 2-year-old girl is okay. it happened in the los angeles neighborhood of woodland hills. the coyote grabbed the girl by the leg but her father acted quickly to chase it away. the little...