we re seeing flu cases are rising dramatically across the country. if you look at the map, most of the states are high or very high. on top of that, covid cases, a few weeks ago, we were down around 30,000 cases, we are at 65,000 cases now. the deaths are still saying in that 300 to 400, which is more people than we want, but not climbing higher. so you re going to see a slow decline in these, but after the holidays, you re going to see another increase. so, having this conversation i think mild-january, we ll be able to say we re a couple weeks away from it peaking. we have to see what happens after the holidays, but getting through that safely can help keep us safe after that. dr. john torres, thank you. the dow is up just a couple of minutes before the closing bell. take a look. it is up 460 points. 1.3% roughly. with investors getting red did for a big week ahead as it relates to economic snapshots. tomorrow, we re going to get a key report on how much people
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and really a general hesitation to go back to masking. i would not go back to masks. i m comfortable not wearing a mask. i m a teacher, so i m exposed a lot, and you know, we followed the pr he cautions, etc., i feel safe. i think a lot of people are over it. i think we are protected enough. i think we are done all that we can to do away with this flu and vaccines. this is the earliest and hardest hitting flu in a decade. sickening 13 million people. this map from the cdc shows in just a few weeks time, just about every time colored in red and purple indicating high or very high flu transmission. flu cases, hospitalizations, and deaths surged more than 70% during thanksgiving week alone, and covid-19 hospitalsations jumped 36% since thanksgiving, and hospitals nationwide are strained and have not really been this packed since the
paramedics did everything to help him. now concerns over the triple-demic. covid and flu cases surging since thanksgiving. flu cases are up 14% since october. and more than 450,000 new covid cases in just the past week. a bunch of cities around the country they are noticing this, l.a., new york, seattle, all now strongly recommending that people wear masks inside in public. no mandate. stopping short of requiring it. but asking for it. and as you can see in the graphic on the screen there, rsv cases have started to go down lately, but the so-called triple-demic threat is still causing hospital beds to fill up. senior medical dr. john torres. a lot of travel with the holiday season, people going out in public in places. where really are we on this mask situation? some of the biggest cities in the countries saying, yeah, you should wear one. and people are going to be
spiking across the united states at the same time. these respiratory illnesses are filling hospitals at a rate not seen since last winter s covid spike. about 80% of the country s hospital beds are in use right now. bri . the new york state department of health says this is a complex challenge as we talk about that triple threat of covid-19, rsv infections and the flu, which is really seeing the biggest surge. i want to point to some data they gave us within the last few weeks. the number of flu cases has nearly tripled in the past three weeks and flu hospitalizations have more than doubled. covid-19 continues to pose a threat, particularly for the unvaccinated. the virus remains one of the leading causes of death in the united states. in response, the state of new york and new york city saying, hey, there s a mask advisory