STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s new flu case numbers fell by half last week, marking the first time in 10 weeks a drop has been recorded in the borough, according to the latest state Health Department data.
Yet flu hospitalizations continued to climb on the Island, in the city and across the state during the last week of 2025, as lower reported case numbers don’t necessarily mean fewer severe cases in the pipeline.
And several weeks of peak flu season lie ahead, doctors say…