January 17, 2013
The Minnesota Department of Health released new case numbers Thursday
showing that 33 people died from flu-related complications during the
week of Jan. 6-12. That brings the state's influenza death toll to 60 so
far this flu season. Hospitalizations also remained high with 476
people admitted for influenza care.
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With 1,842 people hospitalized for flu so far this season,
hospitalizations have already surpassed the total number of flu
admissions that occurred during the H1N1 flu pandemic season in 2009.
And there are no signs yet that the flu outbreak is peaking.
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"The majority of deaths are occurring in individuals who are 80 years of
age and older. And the majority, meaning 60 percent or greater, of our
hospitalizations are in persons 65 and older," said Ehresmann. "That
breakdown really reflects what we would expect to see with typical
seasonal influenza."
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Full article: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/01/17/health/more-deaths-in-minnesota-flu-outbreak
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