At this point in the season, the overall national flu-like illness activity is "low moderate." This is consistent with last year's flu season pattern in that until now, we have had a slow steady rise in flu-like activity. As we proceed into the holiday season, the risk of spreading and catching flu and other upper respiratory infections increase as people gather together in enclosed spaces.

The pattern of higher flu-like activities is clearly low moderate in the states of Texas, Kentucky, Georgia and Louisiana. Other areas of increasing flu-like activity still center on certain northeastern states, states bordering the Great Lakes as well as West Virginia, Colorado, California, and Nevada.