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Yes. We have figures for it. In 2017-18, there were 1.21M flu tests over the course of 33 weeks.

In 2020-21 there were 1.11M flu tests over 33 weeks.

Results: Essentially a 0% positive test rate vs a peak of over 25%. A peak of about 125 cases vs 20,000 cases.

1: https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54973 2: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/weeklyarchives2020-2021/data/...

Any chance you know about 18-19 and 19-20 as well?

They've archived past weekly reports going back to 1999-2000 (not sure if that's when the weekly report started or just when the archive starts), although the formatting and specific information has changed over the years. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/pastreports.htm

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