Georgia Influenza Activity

Each year from October to mid-May, Georgia's Department of Public Health tracks flu activity throughout the State and reports the findings in the Georgia Weekly Influenza Report.  Along with other surveillance components, influenza-like illness is tracked with the help of volunteer sentinel providers (private providers, occupational health providers, student health clinics and emergency departments) as part of CDC's ILINet program. While each individual case of influenza is not reportable to health authorities, we monitor flu activity by watching the percent of doctors' visits that are for "influenza-like illness" (fever >100º F and cough and/or sore throat). When these doctors’ visits for "influenza-like illnesses" begin to increase compared to baseline levels, we suspect that influenza is active in an area. Baseline levels are considered to be 0-3%.

Current Flu Reports (2024-2025)

October 15, 2025 - Due to the lapse in federal appropriations and associated federal government shutdown, some data required for the Georgia Influenza Report are not available. To support ongoing information sharing regarding respiratory disease surveillance in Georgia, DPH has developed an interim Georgia Influenza Report in the absence of these federal data. Reports starting with Week 39 include messaging about impacts within the report. An interim report will continue until federal operations and data sharing resume.

2025 Influenza Season

2024 Influenza Season

>Previous Flu Activity Reports

For more information regarding influenza activity levels, visit https://www.cdc.gov/fluview/

Page last updated 10/17/25