Elderly New Castle man is DE's 1st flu death

[Ronan Kelly]

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 9:29pm
Elderly New Castle man is DE's 1st flu death
By Frank Gerace



A 78-year-old New Castle man is the first Delawarean to die from the flu this year.

State Division of Public Health director Dr. Karyl Rattay says the man, who had underlying health problems, had been hospitalized.

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http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=32485

 

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: Elderly New Castle man is DE's 1st flu death

In article, it says man died between Oct 3 and Feb 5, 2011.

Week 48 (Dec 9, 2010) was the first confirmed hospitalization in that age group and hospitalizations began increasing in week 2.
http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/files/flu2010wk48.pdf

In week 5, no mention of death, so probably will be in week 6 report that won't be out until Monday, maybe.
http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/files/flu2010wk48.pdf