For the second week in a row, Mississippi’s flu rate has seen a significant drop, this time falling more than two percentage points statewide. According to the Health Department’s latest report, for the week ending February 15, based on the number of patients going to their doctors with influenza-like symptoms, the flu rate is now 5.5 per cent, the lowest it’s been since the middle of January. Even in the state’s flu hotspot, the public health district which includes Attala and Holmes counties, there’s been a sizeable decrease, with the flu rate falling to around 26 per cent from 33 per cent the previous week. In the district which includes Leake and Neshoba counties, it’s now around 6 per cent. In fact, the Health Department says in every part of Mississippi, the flu rate is down.
