The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this year’s flu season is “moderately severe” with at least 11 million cases of the illness. Of those 11 million cases, there have been 120,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths so far, Reuters reported.

The last available tracing data from the CDC found that 91% of the 600 U.S. flu cases that were tested between Dec. 22 and 28 were caused by H3N2. Additionally, 90.5% of the 389 H3N2 viruses sent for further testing during that time were subclade K.

Nine pediatric deaths related to influenza have been reported so far this season, according to the CDC. One of those deaths was reported in the last reporting week.

About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated.

This year, the post-holiday flu is more concerning than in years past. The U.S. is seeing the worst Flu season in 25 years.

Flu activity is climbing across the country and here in the QCA. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reports at least 11 million have already been hit this season, and a new variant is only adding to those numbers.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A sharp rise in flu cases across Tennessee has doctors on high alert. Health experts said it’s already worse than last season’s, and the peak hasn’t even been reached yet. Dr. Buddy Creech at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is calling this a frantic flu season.