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SAN DIEGO - Two people in the San Diego region died of influenza last week, but the number of diagnosed cases dropped for the fourth week in a row, the county Health and Human Services Agency announced Wednesday.
With a report of a third person having died of the illness earlier this month, the "flu season" total climbed to 43, the second-highest on record, below the 58 deaths from the H1N1 pandemic season of 2009-10, according to the HHSA.
The latest victims were in their 80s. The HHSA said all but one of the 43 fatalities involved underlying medical conditions.
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With a report of a third person having died of the illness earlier this month, the "flu season" total climbed to 43, the second-highest on record, below the 58 deaths from the H1N1 pandemic season of 2009-10, according to the HHSA.
The latest victims were in their 80s. The HHSA said all but one of the 43 fatalities involved underlying medical conditions.
- See more at: http://www.10news.com/lifestyle/heal....gbrbyBQw.dpuf