(Photo courtesy of Essentia Health via the North Dakota Monitor)
(North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota health officials are encouraging residents to pay attention to potential flu symptoms after five influenza-associated deaths this flu season with two deaths in children younger than 10.
North Dakota had not reported a childhood flu death since 2016.
“It remains rare,” Dr. Michelle Dethloff with the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services said of child deaths.
But cases of the flu have not been rare this flu season.
More than 5,000 cases have been reported in North Dakota as of Jan. 3. There were 1,727 cases reported during the week of Christmas.
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