The highest influenza activity of the season in South Carolina was reported during the last week of December 2012.
Weekly surveillance data from 9/30/2012 to 1/5/2013, shows a total of 1,084 flu-related hospitalizations and 22 deaths in South Carolina.
Of the influenza strains that have been identified in South Carolina since 9/30/2012, over 90 % have been influenza A (with influenza A H3N2 accounting for 87%).