Wisconsin doctors were dealing with an explosion of pediatric flu cases during the month of December.
Children’s Wisconsin Hospital handled 829 cases during the month – 90 times the caseload in the same month last year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved Wisconsin from the low flu category to the high category.
Local doctors are worried it could get worse as students return to the classroom from vacation.
Patients are said to be filling doctors’ offices, hospital emergency rooms and forming long lines at pharmacies.
In December 2018, Children’s Wisconsin dealt with nine flu cases and four hospitalizations.
