Connecticut - Early flu activity twice as high as last year

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Early flu activity twice as high as last year
Amanda Cuda
Updated 6:06 pm, Monday, November 3, 2014

Flu in Connecticut
Here are the statistics on flu in Connecticut this season, through Oct. 25, from the state Department of Public Health.

There were 63 positive flu reports for this season, and flu cases had popped up in six of the state's eight counties.

New Haven County had the most cases to date, with 34 positive flu reports. Fairfield County had the second-highest, with 13 cases.

36 patients had been hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza.

Last flu season, there were 7,202 positive flu reports, 1,983 flu-related hospitalizations and 46 flu-associated deaths in the state.

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[AnnaLisa]

Re: Connecticut - Early flu activity twice as high as last year

There is a mismatch to the strain of H3N2. :/
Apparently the vaccine isn't conferring protection.