Flu Cases Double Across New York

By Idy Perl

Well, it’s winter, and winter means the flu.

Cases of the flu are rapidly increasing across New York, with cases doubling in recent weeks.

Between December 21 and 28 a total of 24,513 flu cases were confirmed across New York State. Those numbers are a 50% increase from the week before, when 16,342 cases were reported.

Of those cases, 505 were recorded in Rockland County, a significant increase from the week before, when 256 cases were reported.