Colorado Still Reporting Widespread Flu Activity

DENVER (CBS4) - This year's horrible flu season may have peaked in some parts of the country.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the illness seems to be declining in the southeast and southwest, but still climbing in New England and the West Coast.

Forty-four states are still reporting widespread flu activity, including Colorado.

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This year's strain is hitting the elderly especially hard. Some elderly care centers are limiting visitors because of the flu.

Hospitalizations of people 65 and older are at an all-time high since the government started keeping stats nearly a decade ago.