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CA: San Diego County reports 46 flu-related deaths this season

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Source: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...cm-ram-flu-related-deaths-20170119-story.html

County reports six more flu-related deaths
JANUARY 19, 2017, 12:30 PM

County health officials on Thursday reported that six more people have died of influenza-related causes, bringing the death toll this flu season to 14, compared with three this time last year.

A previously healthy 45-year-old woman was among the most recent flu-related deaths, officials said. The other recent fatalities involved older people who had underlying medical conditions, according to the county Health and Human Services Agency...
 
Source: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/feb/23/san-diego-county-flu-death-toll-rises-to-49/


San Diego County Flu Death Toll Rises To 49
Thursday, February 23, 2017
By City News Service

Another five influenza-related deaths in the San Diego region were reported last week, bringing the "flu season" toll to 49, according to county health officials.

The number of fatalities is far above that of this time last year, when just 11 were reported, but well below the rate of 2015, in which 74 deaths were recorded by now.

The victims have generally been seniors, and most of them already suffered from a medical condition, according to the county Health and Human Services Agency. The agency's weekly "InfluenzaWatch" also reported 418 new cases of the illness confirmed by laboratory testing, bringing the season total to nearly 3,800. Again, that's well above last year's mid-February amount of 2,600, but below the 2015 figure of around 5,800...
 
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