VDH reports first pediatric flu death of the season
The Virginia Department of Health on Thursday announced the state’s first reported influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2023-24 flu season.
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The Virginia Department of Health on Thursday announced the state’s first reported influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2023-24 flu season.
No cause has yet been determined for the kindergartner's death or the illnesses.
The proportion of visits for respiratory illness drops for the fifth consecutive week since peaking in late November.
December brought a drop in infections, but outpatient visits and hospitalizations for influenza remain higher than expected.
The weekly hospitalization rate tumbled from 8 per 100,000 people to 4.5 per 100,000, which was still higher than any other December rate from all previous seasons going back to 2009-10, CDC data shows.