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Alberta's flu season has been deadlier than most and it's not over yet
117 Albertans have died from influenza so far this flu season
Jennifer Lee · CBC · Posted: Apr 01, 2023 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Alberta's flu season, which has yet to end, is shaping up to be one of the deadliest in recent memory and that is sparking concern among doctors and scientists.
According to provincial data, there have been 117 confirmed influenza deaths — 111 hospitalized cases and six in the community — so far during the 2022-23 season.
"It's looking like the flu season is going to be one of the worst — if not the worst — flu seasons in the last decade," said Craig Jenne, associate professor of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases at the University of Calgary.
"It's right up there there with the worst seasons we have seen over the past 10 years and far above what we were seeing immediately before the pandemic. So it's a little concerning that deaths have gone up in the province this year."
While Alberta has the highest flu death count documented since standardized reporting began in 2009, the province has changed how it reports influenza deaths...
Alberta's flu season has been deadlier than most and it's not over yet
117 Albertans have died from influenza so far this flu season
Jennifer Lee · CBC · Posted: Apr 01, 2023 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 hours ago
Alberta's flu season, which has yet to end, is shaping up to be one of the deadliest in recent memory and that is sparking concern among doctors and scientists.
According to provincial data, there have been 117 confirmed influenza deaths — 111 hospitalized cases and six in the community — so far during the 2022-23 season.
"It's looking like the flu season is going to be one of the worst — if not the worst — flu seasons in the last decade," said Craig Jenne, associate professor of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases at the University of Calgary.
"It's right up there there with the worst seasons we have seen over the past 10 years and far above what we were seeing immediately before the pandemic. So it's a little concerning that deaths have gone up in the province this year."
While Alberta has the highest flu death count documented since standardized reporting began in 2009, the province has changed how it reports influenza deaths...