Flu Cases Popping Up in Connecticut

Flu season has begun, and health officials are advising everyone to get a flu shot.

The state Department of Public Health issued its first weekly report on flu season on Thursday. The report states that flu activity has been increasing in Connecticut since the end of August.

As of Oct. 7, flu cases were mostly concentrated in the southern part of the state and up through the center. There have been 10 reported cases in Fairfield County, six in New Haven County, four in Hartford county, and one in each of Middlesex, New London, and Tolland counties.

DPH tracks this information between October and May. Of the 23 cases reported, eight people had to be hospitalized.

So far no one in Litchfield or Windham counties has reported contracting the flu.

Health officials say getting the annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect against the flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising against using nasal spray flu vaccines. The CDC also says that pregnant woman may receive flu vaccines. For more from the CDC, click here. 

Flu shots will be available for the first 500 adults at NBC Connecticut’s 2017 Health & Wellness Festival on Saturday, October 28. For more information on that event, click here.

Check Connecticut 211 for more on flu shots.

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