Outpatients visits for flu-like symptoms increased by 92 percent in Ohio Jan 4., according to the Dayton Daily News.
Influenza-associated hospitalizations are above the flu season's threshold, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
"Around the holiday season, people tend to congregate together, and that could make the flu more easily spread," said Dan Suffoletto, spokesman for Public Health-Dayton and Montgomery County. "People also want to make sure they practice proper hygiene, covering their mouth when they sneeze, preventing spread of the flu."
Patients with a fever and flu-like illness visiting the emergency department increased by 19 percent the week of Dec. 31 to Jan. 4.
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