TAMPA, Fla. — There has been a spike in flu cases across much of Florida.

In the Bay area, Pinellas and Citrus counties specifically are seeing cases rise, according to the Department of Health. In Central Florida, Brevard, Orange, Seminole and Lake counties are seeing similar increases.

The current predominant strain is called “Influenza A H3.”

“We are seeing an enormous amount of flu. Maybe a third of the patients I have here have flu,” said Dr. Nick Moore, an emergency room doctor at HCA Florida Largo Hospital.

“It is wild. Not all of them need to be here. The flu does make you feel terrible,” he said. “Mostly what we do is symptom management, like Tylenol, motrin, control fever.”

The main symptoms are fever, chills and body aches, with respiratory symptoms like cough, runny nose and shortness of breath.