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Because influenza activity peaks in winter, the influenza season is named for the two calendar years over which a single influenza epidemic spans. CDC defines the influenza season as beginning with week 40 (generally the first week in October) of one calendar year and ending with week 20 of the following calendar year (generally the third week in May).The five regions in New York are defined by county as Capital District Region counties: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington Central Region counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, St Lawrence, Tioga, Tompkins Metropolitan Region counties: Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester New York City counties/boroughs: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond Western Region counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, Yates
Cases are assigned to a county based on this order of preference: 1) the patient’s address, 2) the ordering healthcare provider’s address, or 3) the ordering facility’s address.
CDC designates each week of the year with a sequential number starting with 1 to a maximum of 52 or 53. Week 1 is the first week of the year that has at least four days in the calendar year. CDC defines the influenza season as beginning with week 40 (generally the first week in October) and ending with week 20 of the following calendar year (generally the third week in May). Also known as MMWR week.
The last date of each CDC week. Each week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday; week ending dates are always on a Saturday.
When the laboratory test can discern virus type (type A or type B), cases are counted by the corresponding disease (“Influenza A” or “Influenza B”). When the virus type cannot be differentiated, cases are counted as “Influenza Unspecified”.
The number of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases reported to NYSDOH for the corresponding season, week, disease, and county.
The mapping coordinates (latitude, longitude) for the center of the specified county.
Federal Information Processing Series (FIPS) geographic codes are assigned to each state and county; a unique county-level geographic code.
Visualization: https://health.data.ny.gov/d/gkjx-s322/visualization
Data: https://health.data.ny.gov/Health/Influenza-Laboratory-Confirmed-Cases-By-County-Beg/jr8b-6gh6
Original Visualization: https://nyshc.health.ny.gov/web/nyapd/new-york-state-flu-tracker