"In the 2019-2020 season so far, 15 million people in the US have gotten the flu and 8,200 people have died from it, including at least 54 children. Flu activity has been elevated for 11 weeks straight, the CDC reported, and will likely continue for the next several weeks."

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/01/30/health/flu-deadly-virus-15-million-infected-trnd/index.html