Flu activity falls again in state

In Connecticut, flu activity is continuing to drop even though emergency department visits for flu-like illness are higher than they were at this time last year. The state Department of Public Health released the latest batch of flu statistics Thursday, and reported that the level of flu activity in the state last week was classified as “sporadic,” down from the “regional” classification it was given the previous week. Sporadic flu activity means that small numbers of laboratory-confirmed influenza cases or a single outbreak of flu have been reported, but there isn’t an increase in cases of flu.