Sharp increase in Oklahoma flu cases, deaths
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports a sharp increase in the number of confirmed flu cases and the number of flu-related deaths in the past week.
The Health Department said Thursday that six people died in the past week as a result of the flu to bring the total number of deaths this flu season to eight. The department also says the number of flu-related hospitalizations more than doubled from 171 last week to 345 this week.
The number of hospitalizations has already surpassed last year's total of 316 while the eight flu-related deaths is one shy of the nine who died due to flu last year.
The flu season is considered to be the months of September through May.
Copyright 2012, The Associated Press
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