Walgreens tracks biggest weekly flu gains in Kentucky, Deleware and South Dakota
DEERFIELD, Ill. - The Walgreens Flu Index on Thursday indicated that most of the nation is contending with relatively high levels of flu incidence for the week of March 13, with Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee topping the charts in states with flu activity. Among states, the biggest flu incidence gainers for the week were Kentucky, Deleware and South Dakota.
The top 10 markets with flu activity for the week of March 13 were:
El Paso, Texas (Las Cruces, N.M.);
Louisville, Ky.;
Columbus – Tupelo – West Point – Houston, Miss.;
Memphis, Tenn.;
Charleston, S.C.;
Beaumont – Port Arthur, Texas;
Harlingen – Weslaco – Brownsville – McAllen, Texas;
Phoenix (Prescott), Ariz.;
Houston; and
Davenport, Iowa-Rock Island-Moline, Ill.
The top 10 markets with flu activity gains for the week of March 13 were:
Louisville, Ky.;
Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem, N.C.;
Lexington, Ky.;
Chattanooga, Tenn.;
Paducah, Ky.-Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Harrisburg, Ill.;
Richmond-Petersburg, Va.;
Knoxville, Tenn.;
Salibury, Md.;
Duluth, Minn.-Superior, Wis.; and
Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville, N.C.-Anderson, S.C.
The Walgreens Flu Index does not provide data measuring actual levels or severity of flu activity, but rather, illustrates which populations are experiencing the most incidences each week based on Index methodology.
The Walgreens Flu Index is compiled using weekly retail prescription data for antiviral medications used to treat influenza across Walgreens locations nationwide. The data is analyzed at state and geographic market levels to measure absolute impact and incremental change of antiviral medications on a per store average basis, and does not include markets in which Walgreens has fewer than 10 retail locations.