This year marks one of Alberta’s deadliest flu seasons to date

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Posted February 24, 2023 1:19 pm.

It’s now one of the deadliest flu seasons on record in Alberta.

3 more deaths this past week brings the seasonal total to 115. That’s the highest since at least 2009-2010.

There were 114 flu deaths in 2014-2015.

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However, the overall numbers remain sharply in decline compared to the first months of the flu season.

There were just 43 lab-confirmed cases reported last week and 7 hospitalizations – of which 1 was admitted to the ICU.

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