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Two more people, both in the Triad, died in the last week of the traditional flu season, raising the statewide total to 98, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday.
The flu season typically runs from Oct. 1 to March 31, although it can vary depending on how virulent the most common strain happens to be.
The previous high in recent years was 91 in 2009-10, which is the flu season during which the H1N1 strain, or swine flu, was prevalent. When counting H1N1 deaths that occurred in the summer before the 2009-10 flu season began, the death total from April 2009 to May 2010 was 107.
?There is no comparable flu death data available prior to 2009, which is when adult flu deaths became reportable,? DHHS spokesman Kevin Howell said.
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The flu season typically runs from Oct. 1 to March 31, although it can vary depending on how virulent the most common strain happens to be.
The previous high in recent years was 91 in 2009-10, which is the flu season during which the H1N1 strain, or swine flu, was prevalent. When counting H1N1 deaths that occurred in the summer before the 2009-10 flu season began, the death total from April 2009 to May 2010 was 107.
?There is no comparable flu death data available prior to 2009, which is when adult flu deaths became reportable,? DHHS spokesman Kevin Howell said.
http://www.journalnow.com/news/loca...cle_26bd57ec-f85e-59fd-8bc1-4e21ed63ec1a.html