MILWAUKEE - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has a new resource available that keeps track of influenza-like illnesses across the state.
By the numbers:
The respiratory illness webpage summarizes data reported on outpatient and urgent care visits for influenza-like illnesses, which the DHS defined as a fever of 100 degrees or higher, cough and/or sore throat.
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Why you should care:
The Wisconsin DHS said the new, interactive data visualizations on outpatient health care visits due to influenza-like illness, as well as the department's existing data visualizations for respiratory illness, make it easier to view data related to respiratory illnesses.
Dig deeper:
The webpage has data available back to the 2019-20 influenza season and is displayed by public health region, updated weekly on Fridays. The data comes from the Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Network, part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Influenza-like illness dashboard (Courtesy: Wisconsin DHS)
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.