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Viral Respiratory Diseases Data
Updated December 31, 2025
Hundreds of Coloradans hospitalized with flu as numbers explode into record territory
Dec. 31, 2025,
Updated 11:48 a.m.
With Christmas only a few days behind us and New Year’s coming up, Colorado is being rocked by a wave of influenza unlike anything it’s seen in years.
That has sent hospitalizations skyrocketing.
The ominous trend is reminiscent of the worst surges of the pandemic, with a variety of metrics on the state’s viral respiratory diseases dashboard all blinking red. This time, however, it’s not COVID-19, but flu, which is also now circulating widely in the U.S
Nearly 800 people (782) in Colorado are now hospitalized with flu, that’s almost 250 more than a week ago, 430 more than two weeks ago and 12 times the number the state recorded in mid-November.
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The numbers appear to be in record-shattering territory. The numbers are in record-shattering territory. This same week in 2014, 582 people were hospitalized with flu, in what was the worst recent season in Colorado. That’s according to the state health department’s 2015 flu season annual report.
continued: https://www.cpr.org/2025/12/31/color...lizations-flu/
Updated December 31, 2025
Hundreds of Coloradans hospitalized with flu as numbers explode into record territory
Dec. 31, 2025,
Updated 11:48 a.m.
With Christmas only a few days behind us and New Year’s coming up, Colorado is being rocked by a wave of influenza unlike anything it’s seen in years.
That has sent hospitalizations skyrocketing.
The ominous trend is reminiscent of the worst surges of the pandemic, with a variety of metrics on the state’s viral respiratory diseases dashboard all blinking red. This time, however, it’s not COVID-19, but flu, which is also now circulating widely in the U.S
Nearly 800 people (782) in Colorado are now hospitalized with flu, that’s almost 250 more than a week ago, 430 more than two weeks ago and 12 times the number the state recorded in mid-November.
-snip-
The numbers appear to be in record-shattering territory. The numbers are in record-shattering territory. This same week in 2014, 582 people were hospitalized with flu, in what was the worst recent season in Colorado. That’s according to the state health department’s 2015 flu season annual report.
continued: https://www.cpr.org/2025/12/31/color...lizations-flu/