07/15/2020 – Denton County, TX
While you were obsessed with the statistics of COVID, another deadly disease was wreaking havoc in our county.
Statistics from the Denton County Influenza Surveillance program show that 2019 – 2020 Flu influenza activity remained high across both Texas and the United States.
From September 28, 2019 through March 7, 2020 there have been 13,254 tests performed for influenza with 2,848 positive cases. As many as 263 people have been hospitalized in the County and 1 person has died as a result of complications.
Unlike COVID, where statistics are provided on a daily basis, it seems that Denton County has been unable to provide statistics after March 7.
The Trophy Club Journal has reached out to Mrs. Lily Metzler, MPH – Epidemiologist for Denton County Public Health and we are awaiting an explanation for why the data is no longer being provided.
(Click Here) for a link to the Week 10 data at the Denton County Public Health Department.
Update: We received a response from Jennifer Rainey, Denton County Public Information Officer (not Mrs. Metzler). The response is provided below in it’s entirety.
Hi Michael!
Thanks for reaching out to our team regarding influenza reporting. Our most recent year of Flu reporting is available at DentonCounty.gov/Flu, as you found. Our previous years are archived online as well, at https://dentoncounty.gov/Departments/Health-Services/Denton-County-Public-Health/Epidemiology-Notifiable-Conditions/Influenza-Surveillance-Report/Influenza-Surveillance-Report-Archived. We typically end seasonal flu reporting around Week 12-17, but ended a few weeks earlier this year as we shifted more staff capacity towards COVID response.
Let me know if I can assist with anything else.
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