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Key Takeaways for the Week of January 8, 2026
- Based on emergency department data, flu continues to spread and is at a moderate level, impacting kids aged 17 and under the most.
- Flu hospitalizations are the highest they have been since February 2025, with a 7 day average of 43 people hospitalized due to flu.
- Among kids in the emergency department last week, nearly 40% under 4 and just over 20% aged 5 to 17 were diagnosed with a respiratory illness.
- In the past week there have been many detections showing COVID-19 is increasing in wastewater in Madison and Oregon.
Dashboard Update Schedule
This dashboard is updated on Thursdays at 12:30 pm. If the dashboard is not updated then, we may be experiencing technical issues; check back at 4:30 pm. If we experience a delay in receiving data from one of our data sources, that data element will be updated the following week.
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Wastewater Data
This dashboard from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows the levels of COVID in wastewater across the state. To see the most up-to-date data for Madison, click on "Madison" in the left column.
