Influenza Hospitalizations
Data are current as of 12/28/2024
Most recent dashboard update: 1/1/2025
Key Hospitalization Indicators
Flu Hospitalizations
Week 20 (5/14/2023 - 5/20/2023)
Total Flu Hospitalizations
Week 40 to 20 (10/2/2022 - 5/20/2023)
Hospitalization Trends
Percentage of visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) reported by sentinel providers
Percentage of Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and COVID-19-Like Illness (CLI) by Week (Fall and Winter Virus Season 2022-2023)
Note: Delaware‘s regional baseline for healthcare visits relating to ILI symptoms in the 2022-2023 Influenza Season is 2.1% and the national baseline is 2.5%.
Data source: Delaware syndromic surveillance data from emergency department and freestanding emergency centers.
Recent changes in health care seeking behavior, including increasing use of telemedicine, recommendations to limit emergency department (ED) visits to severe illnesses, and increased practice of social distancing, are likely affecting data reported.
Data is updated daily as a result of changes made by hospitals to patient charts. Most changes of this nature occur within 30 days.
Sections in Influenza Dashboard