2019-2020 Influenza Surveillance Reports - Louisiana
Due to ongoing COVID-19 response in Louisiana, multiple weekly "Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses" surveillance reports were not available this season
Week 2010 - Week 2038 (FLUVIEW-CDC) Due to COVID-19 response,
these weekly Louisiana reports were not distributed.
https://ldh.la.gov/index.cfm/page/3181
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Final Report 2019-2020 Season
Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses
Surveillance Report
2019-2020 Season
Week 39, Ending September 26, 2020
The first Louisiana COVID-19 case was identified in March 2020. The pandemic impacted Influenza-like
Illness (ILI) surveillance, activity, and testing. Healthcare seeking behaviors changed drastically during
the beginning of the pandemic causing very low numbers for ILI surveillance and testing for influenza
significantly dropped as COVID-19 testing became more widespread. COVID-like illness (CLI)
surveillance is being conducted along with ILI (page 2) and will be presented weekly in the 2020-2021
influenza surveillance reports. Other changes to surveillance include expansion of ILI activity measures
from ten to thirteen levels (minimal to very high) and discontinuation of the national geographic spread
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https://ldh.la.gov/assets/docs/Surve...2020Report.pdf
