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Three More Die of Flu in Tulsa County

KWGS News

Three more Tulsa County residents die of flu related illness in the past week, bringing the season total to 16, nearly three times the number of any other county in the state. Kaitlin Snider with the Tulsa Health Department says it is the older population that seems to be most vulnerable. There is a potent vaccine available for people age 65 and older which is supposed to provide more protection, and it is available at health department clinics.

Statewide, 56 people have died of the flu and nearly 19-hundred have been hospitalized…more than 400 of those in Tulsa County.