OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma State Department
of Health says there have been two additional flu-related deaths in the
state and 34 more hospitalizations due to influenza.
The health department report released Thursday
shows there have now been 25 deaths and 862 hospitalizations since the
start of the flu season in September. The season runs through May.
The latest deaths were in Nowata and Washington counties in northeastern Oklahoma.
Tulsa County has had six deaths due to flu while
Oklahoma and Comanche counties have each had three. Washington and
Pittsburg counties each reported two deaths. Single deaths are reported
in Blaine, Cleveland, Creek, Mayes, McIntosh, Nowata, Rogers and
Stephens counties.
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