Weekly COVID-19 and Flu Hospitalization Reports
December 9, 2022
Weekly Butler County COVID-19 Report
Indicators tell us that COVID-19's burden is increasing in the community. Cases are up, but likely under-counted. Hospitalizations are still low relative to similar waves in previous years, but they are climbing every week.
Weekly Butler County Flu Hospitalization Report
There were 58 influenza-related hospitalizations for the week ending 12/3/2022. This is over a 260% change from the previous week.
The median age for this set of 58 hospitalizations was 63 years (range being 5 months - 89 years). There have been 2 confirmed deaths related to flu for this season. One 64 years, the other 45 years old.