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Health official reports spike in flu; state life-expectancy maps need updating, DPH says
Summary
Dr. Katie Richardson told the Health and Wellness Advisory Committee that influenza-like illness visits reached nearly 8% in late December and that the state recorded 312 hospitalizations and two deaths in that week, while DPH works to update life-expectancy maps based on older (2010–2015) data.
Dr. Katie Richardson briefed the Health and Wellness Advisory Committee on Jan. 8 about a rapid rise in seasonal influenza and about efforts to update life-expectancy maps used for local planning.
Richardson said influenza-like illness accounted for “almost 8% of all visits” in the last week of December and reported 312 hospitalizations in that same week; she said there were two deaths statewide…
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