The CDC's FluView weekly surveillance report for Week 22, ending June 6, 2026, confirmed a season-total of 179 influenza-associated pediatric deaths during the 2025–2026 influenza season, a figure that has not changed in the most recent reporting weeks as influenza activity has returned to low seasonal levels. The data, released on a delayed schedule because of the Juneteenth federal holiday observed on June 19, is the latest update in a season that the CDC characterized as moderate severity across all age groups.
The headline number, 179 children dead from influenza, is accompanied by a finding that is the most direct public health message in the entire FluView report: among children who were eligible for influenza vaccination and had a known vaccination status, approximately 85% of those who died were not fully vaccinated against influenza. That single statistic defines the preventability of the majority of this season's pediatric influenza deaths.
