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Flu season hitting Ga. children, seniors extra hard this year
The Georgia Department of Public Health says the state is in a category ten, the most serious level for the current flu season.
Yvonne Thomas, WMAZ 6:41 PM. EST January 12, 2017
The Georgia Department of Public Health says the state is in a category ten -- the most serious level for the current flu season. At this time last year, Georgia was at a category four. That's on a scale of 1 to 10.
District epidemiologist Amber Erickson say the 2016-2017 flu season is the worst flu season Georgia's had in two years. ?Our season is peaking and we expect it to continue to increase through the month of January,? said Erickson. ?The strain that is going around currently is the H3N2 virus. It's a type A strain.?..
...According to the Georgia Department of Public Health website, in the last flu season 33 people were hospitalized by the end of December 2015. This season, that number more than tripled. One hundred and eight people were hospitalized by the end of December 2016. ?It is significantly higher than seasons past,? said Erickson.
So far one person has died from a flu in Georgia this season...
Flu season hitting Ga. children, seniors extra hard this year
The Georgia Department of Public Health says the state is in a category ten, the most serious level for the current flu season.
Yvonne Thomas, WMAZ 6:41 PM. EST January 12, 2017
The Georgia Department of Public Health says the state is in a category ten -- the most serious level for the current flu season. At this time last year, Georgia was at a category four. That's on a scale of 1 to 10.
District epidemiologist Amber Erickson say the 2016-2017 flu season is the worst flu season Georgia's had in two years. ?Our season is peaking and we expect it to continue to increase through the month of January,? said Erickson. ?The strain that is going around currently is the H3N2 virus. It's a type A strain.?..
...According to the Georgia Department of Public Health website, in the last flu season 33 people were hospitalized by the end of December 2015. This season, that number more than tripled. One hundred and eight people were hospitalized by the end of December 2016. ?It is significantly higher than seasons past,? said Erickson.
So far one person has died from a flu in Georgia this season...
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