Kansas is “the sickest state in the U.S.” according to one company

Garden City, KS(westernkansasnews.com) Kansas is the sickest state in the U.S. today, based on daily illness data from Kinsa, a company that makes smart thermometers to see where flu-like symptoms are spreading in real time. Kinsa’s data is nearly perfectly aligned with the CDC’s influenza data over the past 3 years, but is available right away and with unprecedented geo-precision.

Based on today’s data:
· Over 1% of the Kansas population (about 29,000 people!) have fallen ill as of today.
· These people are experiencing elevated temperatures and flu-like symptoms including cough, sore throat and chills.
· This is above the national illness level which is at 0.84% today.
· From the chart below, you can see that Kansas illness levels reached a peak on January 13 and today Kansas

The top 5 sickest states today (based on Kinsa’s daily data) are Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri.