US State by state flu reports 2017-18 season; 15,534 confirmed fatalities; 80,000 estimated deaths

[Ronan Kelly]

APNewsBreak: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in US

NEW YORK (AP) ? An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter ? the disease?s highest death toll in at least four decades.

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, revealed the total in an interview Tuesday night with The Associated Press.

Flu experts knew it was a very bad season, but at least one found the size of the estimate surprising.
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https://apnews.com/818b5360eb7d472480ebde13da5c72b5

 

[Ronan Kelly]

The CDC has tracked 15,534 Influenza fatalities from Weeks 40-36
Week: Fatalities
40: 16
41: 18
42: 28
43: 23
44: 36
45: 45
46: 50
47: 48
48: 83
49: 118
50: 165
51: 359
52: 670
1: 1,161
2: 1,534
3: 1,625
4: 1,447
5: 1,356
6: 1,240
7: 1,179
8: 886
9: 736
10: 504
11: 442
12: 346
13: 282
14: 298
15: 213
16: 150
17: 119
18: 106
19: 53
20: 43
21: 26
22: 26
23: 14
24: 12
25: 6
26: 9
27: 9
28: 5
29: 8
30: 13
31: 4
32: 2
33: 3
34: 9
35: 5
36: 4

Total: 15,534

https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/mortality.html