The latest Georgia data continue to show the flu epidemic trending downward in the state. Hospitalizations for flu in the eight-county metro Atlanta area dropped to 49 during the week of Feb. 1824. The number had been 91 the week before. And the proportion of outpatient visits for flu-like illness in Georgia during the same period dipped to 6.5 percent, from 11.9 percent.
Flu lingers, but drops in Georgia
Hospitalizations, doctor visits down significantly