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Last edited by Ronan Kelly; March 15, 2019, 03:08 PM.Twitter: @RonanKelly13
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Child with flu in southern Wisconsin dies as flu season lingers
DAVID WAHLBERG dwahlberg@madison.com Mar 27, 2019 Updated 23 min ago 0
A child from southern Wisconsin who had the flu died within the past week, underscoring the seriousness of an unusually prolonged flu season expected to last well into next month, officials said Wednesday.
The probable pediatric flu death, if confirmed to have been caused by flu, would be the second childhood flu death reported in the state this flu season, said Tom Haupt, influenza surveillance coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Nationally, 76 such deaths were reported by March 16.
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Overall, 59 flu deaths have been reported in the state this season. That is down from last season, when Wisconsin had the highest number of flu cases on record and 379 flu deaths were reported, including three among children.
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2nd pediatric flu death confirmed in southeastern Wisconsin
WISN Updated: 12:16 PM CDT Apr 9, 2019
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirmed a second pediatric flu death in the state.
In a statement sent to WISN 12 News, the department wrote:
The second pediatric death of this season was reported in the last week of March. The patient was from the southeast region of the state.
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