CDC Reports Nearly 3 Million People Have Caught the Flu This Season Across US

More broadly, respiratory activity across the United States was described by the CDC in a Dec. 12 update as ‘low.’

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on April 23, 2020. (Tami Chappell/AFP via Getty Images

Cases of influenza have increased across the United States in recent weeks, with nearly 3 million cases so far this season, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Dec. 11.

The CDC figures show that positive clinical lab tests for influenza have increased to 8.1 percent for the week ending Dec. 6, the most recent update available. Positive lab tests for influenza stood at around 7.1 percent for the previous week, according to CDC data.