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The state is experiencing its highest levels of influenza activity in seven years, according to the state Department of Health.
The pediatric death is the fifth of the flu season which started on October 1, 2024. According to the latest report from the ...
This influenza season has been particularly severe in the United States, with CDC data showing a rate of hospitalization related to flu that is higher than any other season in the past 14 years.
The CDC estimated in early March that there had been at least 40 million illnesses, 520,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths caused by flu this season.CNN’s Meg Tirrell contributed to this report.
It was enough to top-out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 13-tier flu activity level measurement. The rate has since declined two weeks in a row, dropping to 7.1%.
South Carolina continues to see higher flu-related death rates and hospitalizations compared to last year. Steve Debenport Getty Images Rates of flu deaths and hospitalizations remain high in ...