BATON ROUGE – According to the CDC, five states in the US have the highest numbers of flu cases, including New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, Colorado, and Louisiana.
“Since the last week of October, every week it seems like it’s doubling, tripling, and this is no different. So we are having a large number of cases, people showing up, so with just coughs and sneezes, but some are really sick, so we’re having to admit some patients with the flu now,” Medical Director of Emergency Services with Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Dr. Mark Laperouse, said.
Laperouse says they are currently testing between 45 and 50 patients a day for the flu, with about 30% of those tests coming back positive…