Ohio Influenza 2014-15: 6,800 hospitalizations

[Shiloh]

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Ohio flu hospitalizations top 1,900 this season
Associated Press 9:58 a.m. EST December 24, 2014

COLUMBUS ? Ohio health officials say 935 patients with the flu required hospital care last week, nearly doubling the statewide total of flu hospitalizations to more than 1,900 so far this season.

Flu season can stretch from autumn into spring, and this year it appears to be severe and may be peaking early...

[Ronan Kelly]

Flu hospitalizations drop but remain high

By Misti Crane
The Columbus Dispatch ? Saturday January 24, 2015 8:02 AM

For the second week in a row, public-health officials have relatively good flu news. The number of emergency-department visits, hospitalizations and kids missing school are all down.

But the numbers are descending from a summit the likes of which we haven?t seen in years, and doctors remain worried about the severity and reach of this season?s flu.
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Statewide, there have been 6,798 hospitalizations as of the end of last week, 692 of them in that week alone.
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