Flu Refuses To Wane, Has Now Killed 66 In Georgia

Kilian Daugherty, 1, is prepped for a chest X-ray by radiology technologist Kerah Adams as he’s examined Friday for flu symptoms at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Georgia. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was for fever, cough and other symptoms of the flu.

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Georgia’s flu-related death toll this season now stands at 66, with two confirmed child deaths, according to the state’s Department of Public Health.

The agency total means that 15 more deaths in the state were confirmed during the week of Jan. 28 through Feb. 3, the latest for which figures are available.

Nationally, 10 more flu-related deaths were reported in children as of that week, bringing the total number of kids who have died of flu-related causes to 63 for the season, which began in October.