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Hospitalized flu patients rise to 91 in Sacramento County; death toll at 21 under age 65
When Sacramento County public health officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye visited News10 studios last week at the invitation of co-workers concerned about a colleague?s sudden death from the flu, she was hit by a barrage of questions:
?What is this flu??
?Why is it acting so differently??
?Why does it take the life of someone so young and healthy??
Kasirye could see the crew was not only anxious about getting the flu themselves, but they were grieving. And, to some extent, so too was the community. Word had spread quickly through social media about the death of Nancy Pinnella, 47, an otherwise healthy News10 ad executive who recently succumbed to the flu. Even California?s first lady, Anne Gust Brown, tweeted that she was so moved by Pinnella?s story, she went to get her first flu shot ever.
Since then, things have gotten worse. Three more people have died in Sacramento County, bringing the flu fatality count of those under 65 years old to 21. That compares to 16 dead (under 65) in the county last season, and there are several weeks yet to go in the current flu season, which may extend through March, Kasirye said. State law does not require hospitals to report deaths of residents 65 and up, but county officials confirmed that two in that age group also had died.
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Hospitalized flu patients rise to 91 in Sacramento County; death toll at 21 under age 65
When Sacramento County public health officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye visited News10 studios last week at the invitation of co-workers concerned about a colleague?s sudden death from the flu, she was hit by a barrage of questions:
?What is this flu??
?Why is it acting so differently??
?Why does it take the life of someone so young and healthy??
Kasirye could see the crew was not only anxious about getting the flu themselves, but they were grieving. And, to some extent, so too was the community. Word had spread quickly through social media about the death of Nancy Pinnella, 47, an otherwise healthy News10 ad executive who recently succumbed to the flu. Even California?s first lady, Anne Gust Brown, tweeted that she was so moved by Pinnella?s story, she went to get her first flu shot ever.
Since then, things have gotten worse. Three more people have died in Sacramento County, bringing the flu fatality count of those under 65 years old to 21. That compares to 16 dead (under 65) in the county last season, and there are several weeks yet to go in the current flu season, which may extend through March, Kasirye said. State law does not require hospitals to report deaths of residents 65 and up, but county officials confirmed that two in that age group also had died.
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