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California Influenza 2017-18: 733 fatalities

This is my tally so far:

Fresno: 1
LA: 26
Monterey: 1
Orange: 4
Placer: 1
Riverside: 2
San Bernadino: 1
San Diego: 91
San Luis Obispo: 1
Santa Barbara: 6
Santa Clara: 4
Santa Cruz: 1
Shasta: 1
Stanislaus: 1
Tulare: 2
Ventura: 9
Yolo: 1

Total: 153
 
Hi Jim - Do you have links for the 2nd Riverside, the Santa Cruz,& the Yolo?

Two more flu deaths reported in Greater Bay Area

By TRACY SEIPEL | tseipel@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: January 10, 2018 at 12:03 pm | UPDATED: January 10, 2018 at 12:28 pm
...
Santa Clara County public health officials added a fifth victim to their list on Wednesday, while Solano County has just reported its first flu fatality. Monterey County reported one death at the end of December.
...
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/...ater-bay-area/
 
10 people have died of the flu in SLO County
BY GABBY FERREIRA

gferreira@thetribunenews.com

January 11, 2018 08:56 AM

Updated 2 hours 11 minutes ago

Ten people have died of flu-related deaths in San Luis Obispo County since Dec. 10, according to Ann McDowell, an epidemiologist with the SLO County Public Health Department.

On Monday, the department said that one person — a 56-year-old woman — had died of the flu in the county. The woman had at least one underlying risk factor that predisposed her to severe complications, according to a news release.
...
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/lo...194151594.html

Flu Deaths at 36, County Health Officials Repeat Call for Vaccinations
PRESS RELEASE | WEDNESDAY, JAN 10, 2018

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced today that influenza activity is elevated and continues increasing throughout the county, and again urged residents to get flu vaccinations for everyone aged six months and older.

To date, there are 36 confirmed influenza-associated deaths in Los Angeles County this flu season. Last year at this time, 13 deaths associated with influenza had been reported. This flu season, emergency room visits for influenza-like illness symptoms are up 130 percent.
...
https://scvnews.com/2018/01/10/flu-...ealth-officials-repeat-call-for-vaccinations/

Fresno: 1
LA: 36
Monterey: 1
Orange: 4
Placer: 1
Riverside: 1
San Bernadino: 1
San Diego: 91
San Luis Obispo: 10
Santa Barbara: 6
Santa Clara: 5
Santa Cruz: 1
Shasta: 1
Stanislaus: 1
Solano: 1
Tulare: 2
Ventura: 9

Total: 172
 
Ventura County flu deaths rise again; public health officials urge vaccination
Tom Kisken, tkisken@vcstar.com, 805-437-0255 Published 5:54 p.m. PT Jan. 11, 2018 | Updated 6:04 p.m. PT Jan. 11, 2018

At least 16 people in Ventura County have died in flu-related deaths this season, public health officials said Thursday as they urged vaccinations.
...
http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/lo...ealth-officials-urge-vaccinations/1026831001/

Fresno: 1
LA: 36
Monterey: 1
Orange: 4
Placer: 1
Riverside: 1
San Bernadino: 1
San Diego: 91
San Luis Obispo: 10
Santa Barbara: 6
Santa Clara: 5
Santa Cruz: 1
Shasta: 1
Stanislaus: 1
Solano: 1
Tulare: 2
Ventura: 16

Total: 179
 
Riverside County reports four influenza deaths this season.

Riverside County.PNG
 
[h=1]California flu deaths jump to at least 42; Bay Area reports 19[/h] [FONT=&quot]Flu deaths of Californians under 65 spiked dramatically in less than week and now total at least 42, according to state public health officials on Friday.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The latest figure represents a jump from the 27 deaths announced by the state on Tuesday.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]At least 19 flu-related fatalities have been reported in the Greater Bay Area, including six in Contra Costa County; five in Santa Clara County; two each in San Benito, Monterey and Solano counties, and one each in Santa Cruz and Marin counties.[/FONT]
 
Four flu-related deaths in Stanislaus County. Are the outbreaks slowing down?
BY KEN CARLSON

kcarlson@modbee.com


January 12, 2018 05:09 PM

A difficult flu season that shows signs of slowing down has claimed the lives of four middle-age adults in Stanislaus County.

The county Health Services department said four individuals in their 50s and early 60s succumbed to severe complications as the seasonal flu swept the county in December and this month.
...
http://www.modbee.com/news/article194521554.html
 
7th flu death reported on Central Coast

KSBW Updated: 4:25 PM PST Jan 12, 2018
Amy Larson
KSBW.com Digital Media Manager

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. ?
A seventh Central Coast resident who is less than 65 years old has died from the flu, health officials told KSBW Friday.

The most recent influenza virus victim was a Santa Cruz County resident who was in their 30's.

Three flu patients died in Monterey County, two died in San Benito County, and two died in Santa Cruz County this flu season.


Contra Costa: 6
Fresno: 1
LA: 36
Marin: 1
Monterey: 3
Orange: 4
Placer: 1
Riverside: 4
San Benito: 2
San Bernadino: 1
San Diego: 91
San Luis Obispo: 10
Santa Barbara: 6
Santa Clara: 5
Santa Cruz: 1
Shasta: 1
Stanislaus: 4
Solano: 2
Tulare: 2
Ventura: 16

Total: 197
 
California hospitals face a 'war zone' of flu patients ? and are setting up tents to treat them

By Soumya KarlamanglaContact Reporter
JANUARY 16, 2018 5:00 AM
...

Hospitals across the state are sending away ambulances, flying in nurses from out of state and not letting children visit their loved ones for fear they?ll spread the flu. Others are canceling surgeries and erecting tents in their parking lots so they can triage the hordes of flu patients.

?Those are all creative things we wouldn?t typically do, but in a crisis like this, we?re looking at,? said Michelle Gunnett, a nurse who oversees emergency services for a Southern California hospital system.

Staff members at Torrance Memorial Medical Center have been working long hours to care for a swell in sick patients that began in late December, said Dr. James McKinnell, infectious disease specialist. Some patients are incredibly ill with multiple strains of the flu, or the flu and pneumonia.

?There?s a little bit of a feeling of being in the trenches. we?re really battling these infections to try to get them under control,? McKinnell said. ?We?re still not sure if this is going to continue ? but it certainly is an inauspicious start.?
...
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-flu-demand-20180116-htmlstory.html
 
San Jose mom, 40, dies days after coming down with flu, reports say (Santa Clara County - Ro)
Fox News


CDC: Flu is now considered epidemic in US
A 40-year-old mother in San Jose died two days after catching the flu, The San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing local media.

Katie Denise Oxley Thomas, who was considered healthy and liked to run marathons, died on Jan. 4, the report said. She is the 42 Californian under the age of 65 to die from the flu, the paper reported.
...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/...s-after-coming-down-with-flu-reports-say.html
 
Based on the Yolo County death reported above, two additional Orange County deaths,and the revised total for San Diego County below, the current tally is as follows:

Contra Costa: 6
Fresno: 1
LA: 36
Marin: 1
Monterey: 3
Orange: 6
Placer: 1
Riverside: 4
San Benito: 2
San Bernadino: 1
San Diego: 142
San Luis Obispo: 10
Santa Barbara: 6
Santa Clara: 5
Santa Cruz: 1
Shasta: 1
Stanislaus: 4
Solano: 2
Tulare: 2
Ventura: 16
Yolo: 1

Total: 251

This includes at least three pediatric fatalities.
 
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San Diego County reports 142 fatalities through Week 2, including at least 1 pediatric death. I am on the County's mailing list so this volume of their Influenza Watch is not yet on their website, so I don't have a link for it yet.

San Diego Week 2.PNG
 
[h=1]Flu sweeps through Ventura County[/h] Already 18 have died from complications | January 18, 2018
By Jessica Waite
jessica@theacorn.com
Coughs, fevers and headaches abound?Acorn country is in full-blown flu season, and as the county enters its fifth week of fighting the illness it?s hard for officials to say whether it?ll get better anytime soon.

?Usually we only see lots of cases of flu for about two or three weeks, so it?s really hard to tell when this is going to end,? said Dr. Robert Levin, county health officer. ?Hopefully it?ll at least slow down in the next week or two, but all that is is hopefulness.?

The county, like the rest of California, has been hit hard.

As of Tuesday morning, 18 Ventura County residents had died of flu-related complications since Christmas; two of them were younger than 65, Levin said.
 
Southern California hospitals grapple with flu patients ? and one has set up a tent

[FONT=&quot]Southern California emergency rooms are seeing a surge of flu patients, and at least one hospital has set up an outdoor triage tent to handle the overflow of people with the flu or other illnesses.

?We?ve never had so many patients,? said Adrian Cotton, chief of medical operations at Loma Linda University Health in San Bernardino County.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]-snip-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Loma Linda emergency physicians are seeing about 60 more patients a day than usual, Cotton said.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]-snip-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The need for the tent is told in San Bernardino County?s flu figures.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The county saw a 300-percent increase in the number of influenza reports in the first week of January, health officials said. Reports went from 38 to 150.

-snip-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]There have been six reported deaths in Riverside County, compared to two during the entire previous flu season, health officials reported. Three people have so far died in San Bernardino County, compared to two last flu season.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Orange County has reported 3,041 flu cases this season so far, compared to the 1,012 cases this time last year. Seven have died from the flu, while no deaths had been reported this time last year.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]In Los Angeles County, health officials on Jan. 12 reported 36 deaths this season, compared to 13 at the same time last year.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Note: Based on the reported figures, the tally for the state, by county is as follows:[/FONT]

Contra Costa: 6
Fresno: 1
LA: 36
Marin: 1
Monterey: 3
Orange: 7
Placer: 1
Riverside: 6
San Benito: 2
San Bernadino: 3
San Diego: 142
San Luis Obispo: 10
Santa Barbara: 8
Santa Clara: 5
Santa Cruz: 1
Shasta: 1
Stanislaus: 4
Solano: 2
Tulare: 2
Ventura: 1
Yolo: 1

Total: 260

Of these, three pediatric deaths have been reported, one each in Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties.
 
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