1; Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, MD1; Alicia P. Budd, MPH1; Lynnette Brammer, MPH1; Sheena Sullivan, PhD2; Rodrigo Fasce Pineda, MS3; Cheryl Cohen, MD4,5; Alicia M.
Fry, MD1 (View author affiliations)Influenza activity is currently low in the United States and globally.Following widespread adoption of community mitigation measures to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, the percentage of U.S.
respiratory specimens submitted for influenza testing that tested positive decreased from >20% to 2.3% and has remained at historically low interseasonal levels (0.2% versus 1–2%).