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Annual Flu Activity Is Still High

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | Sacramento, CA
Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio
 

Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio

The world’s attention is trained on coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. Every day, there’s news the virus has entered yet another country. But, compared to the annual flu season, the numbers of cases aren’t anywhere near comparable. 

At the end of last week, there were some 80,000 cases of coronavirus, and roughly 2,700 deaths. By comparison, according to the Centers for Disease Control, there have been 280 million cases of the flu, 16,000 deaths and 280,000 hospitalizations worldwide this year.

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Correction: A previous version of this page incorrectly described the relationship between coronavirus and COVID-19. It has been corrected.

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