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Five state deaths from flu, three in Custer
Lynn Taylor Rick Journal staff Rapid City Journal
Posted: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:48 am |
Three elderly Custer County residents and two teenagers from Minnehaha and Lincoln counties have died from influenza.
The South Dakota Department of Health reported Friday that while flu cases are on the decline statewide and nationally, five new deaths indicate that influenza remains a threat. The new deaths put the total deaths in South Dakota for this season at 11, with the median age of those patients 86. Deaths have occurred in Douglas, McCook, Shannon and Turner counties, in addition to Custer, Minnehaha and Lincoln.
Forty-three new confirmed cases were reported in South Dakota for the past week which puts the total confirmed cases at 553.
State epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger said the three Custer County deaths occurred in patients in their 80s and 90s.
The teenagers both had underlying health issues...
...Last year, 24 South Dakotans died from the flu...
Five state deaths from flu, three in Custer
Lynn Taylor Rick Journal staff Rapid City Journal
Posted: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:48 am |
Three elderly Custer County residents and two teenagers from Minnehaha and Lincoln counties have died from influenza.
The South Dakota Department of Health reported Friday that while flu cases are on the decline statewide and nationally, five new deaths indicate that influenza remains a threat. The new deaths put the total deaths in South Dakota for this season at 11, with the median age of those patients 86. Deaths have occurred in Douglas, McCook, Shannon and Turner counties, in addition to Custer, Minnehaha and Lincoln.
Forty-three new confirmed cases were reported in South Dakota for the past week which puts the total confirmed cases at 553.
State epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger said the three Custer County deaths occurred in patients in their 80s and 90s.
The teenagers both had underlying health issues...
...Last year, 24 South Dakotans died from the flu...