Pierce County flu-related death toll climbs to 17; young child among latest victims
POSTED 2:48 PM, JANUARY 18, 2017, BY Q13 NEWS STAFF, UPDATED AT 07:24AM, JANUARY 19, 2017
TACOMA ? A young child is the latest to die in a flu epidemic sweeping Washington state.
The child, under 10, is one of the 17 flu-related deaths reported in Pierce County as of Jan. 17, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced Wednesday. The name of the young victim was not immediately released.
Health officials said of the others who died in Pierce County this flu season, 14 were older than 60 and two were in their 40s.
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