Fewer are dying from flu in NC, but health officials warn to stay on guard | News & Observer
Flu deaths in North Carolina this season have exceeded the count for all of last season with about three months left.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that throughout in ny, there was a 25 percent drop in the number of lab-confirmed cases of the flu last week - a first for the state since the health department categorized the flu as "widespread" in December.
The state's Department of Public Health says there have now been 105 deaths in CT that are attributed to the flu.
The latest weekly Walgreens flu index has North Carolina ranked seventh in the country for flu activity.
The flu was deemed widespread in NY state in December. The flu season typically ends March 31, but has been known to linger several weeks into April.
Through the season, state officials have implored residents to get flu shots, holding free and low cost vaccination clinics.
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The flu epidemic is filling hospitals with sniffling, aching people.
"Most children are not vaccinated from influenza that pass away, you know we wish that more children would get vaccinated", she said.
The lethal toll of the flu this season serves as a reminder of the severity of the virus, Martinello said. "This has been a brutal flu season and while it has likely peaked, it isn't over".
Health reports state that nearly all of the patients who died from the virus were over the age of 50. While numerous deaths have impacted the elderly, some reports this year have included deaths of middle-aged people or even children.
New data shows that 21 of those who died from the flu were between the ages of 18-years-old and 49-years-old.
Moody and Jhaveri said another strain of the flu could become active, or the now active strain could find its way to vulnerable populations.
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