A school in a neighboring county had 10 percent or greater absenteeism due to illness in the last reporting week for the Iowa Flu Surveillance Network. In total, six schools fell into that category. At this time, influenza activity remains widespread with minimal activity.
There were 17 people hospitalized for influenza-associated illness, 12 of which were over the age of 64. Since September 1st, there have been 959 influenza-associated hospitalizations, 75.6 percent of those were people over the age of 50.