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A deadly flu outbreak has claimed another eight lives across Ireland while dozens more patients remain critically ill, health chiefs have said.
But the number of new cases has now peaked and is beginning to decline, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).
Five of the latest deaths in the Republic were from swine flu while one other was from influenza B. In the North, two people died of swine flu last week.
This brings to 35 the total number of flu-related deaths so far on both sides of the border this winter.
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There were 749 people treated in hospital for influenza already this winter, with more than seven in 10 cases from swine flu.
Just under 100 were treated in intensive care units, where 43 are still fighting for their lives.
http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/eight_more_people_die_with_flu_1_2351785
But the number of new cases has now peaked and is beginning to decline, according to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).
Five of the latest deaths in the Republic were from swine flu while one other was from influenza B. In the North, two people died of swine flu last week.
This brings to 35 the total number of flu-related deaths so far on both sides of the border this winter.
..
There were 749 people treated in hospital for influenza already this winter, with more than seven in 10 cases from swine flu.
Just under 100 were treated in intensive care units, where 43 are still fighting for their lives.
http://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/eight_more_people_die_with_flu_1_2351785