Third Oklahoma death from flu reported- a child

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Source: http://www.fox23.com/news/first-okla...rted/478129636

First Oklahoma death from flu reported
by: Ron Terrell Updated: Dec 22, 2016 - 3:00 PM


Quick Facts:

1 person has died of flu in the current flu season
The death happened in Johnston County
54 people were hospitalized or killed by flu
5 total flu hospitalizations or deaths were reported between Dec. 14 and Dec. 20

The first Oklahoma flu death of the season happened this month in Johnston County.

So far this season, there have been 54 flu hospitalizations with 11 of them in Tulsa County.

Ellen Niemitalo with the Tulsa Health Department said overall hospitalizations jumped by 12 this week. While numbers are on the rise, the peak of the flu season is still in the future...

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Source: http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/hea...death#stream/0

Health Department Reports Season's Second Flu Death
By Associated Press ? 5 hours ago

...The department said Thursday that a Tulsa County resident died of influenza during the weekly reporting period that ended Tuesday. The previously reported death was in Johnston County.

The department reports only that both deaths were people 65-years-old or older.

A total of 97 people have been hospitalized with the flu during the season that began in early October...

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Source: http://www.claremoreprogress.com/new...178ab2b55.html

Rogers County child is state?s latest flu death
By DIANA DICKINSON
1 hr ago

The local health department announced Thursday that a Rogers County child between the ages of five and 17 is the latest flu-related death in Oklahoma.

This is the first flu-related death reported in Rogers County this flu season.

The flu virus has so far this season caused the deaths of two adult Oklahomans ? in Tulsa and Johnston counties ? while infecting 152 others...