University Health Services released statistics Tuesday revealing that UHS continues to see a steady number of UW-Madison students seeking care for influenza-like illnesses.
According to the release, UHS evaluated 345 students with influenza-like symptoms over the seven-day period of Sept. 6 to 12, which, according to UHS epidemiologist Craig Roberts, is not a significant increase from last week.
Influenza-like cases make up 28 percent of the total primary-care visits UHS sees daily, and 98 percent of those cases are students under the age of 25.
Roberts said the steady number of recorded cases does not necessarily represent the actual number of sick students on campus.
""I think to a degree this reflects a limit to our capacity at UHS to see people because we only have so many people working,"" he said.
Roberts added, however, that all students who come into UHS with flu-like symptoms are able to be treated.
""We are seeing everyone who wants to be seen,"" he said. ""So you can sort of look at it as a leveling off.""
According to Roberts, UHS is still operating under its ""surge"" mode, which means some routine procedures like physicals may not be provided.
He said other than providing fewer physicals, UHS is still operating normally.
