Health Officials Report Record Number Of San Diegans Died During Last Flu Season
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An all-time high of 65 people died during the last "flu season'' in San Diego County, the county Health and Human Services Agency reported Wednesday.
The death toll topped the 58 who perished during the H1N1 pandemic three years ago.
Most of the deaths ? which occurred between July 1, 2012, and June 30 of this year ? involved elderly victims, and nearly all of them had underlying medical conditions, according to the HHSA.
The agency blamed a severe strain of the illness ? H3N2 ? which took even healthy people a couple of weeks to shake.
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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An all-time high of 65 people died during the last "flu season'' in San Diego County, the county Health and Human Services Agency reported Wednesday.
The death toll topped the 58 who perished during the H1N1 pandemic three years ago.
Most of the deaths ? which occurred between July 1, 2012, and June 30 of this year ? involved elderly victims, and nearly all of them had underlying medical conditions, according to the HHSA.
The agency blamed a severe strain of the illness ? H3N2 ? which took even healthy people a couple of weeks to shake.
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