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Three More Flu Deaths in Tulsa County

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Eleven more people die of flu-related illness in Oklahoma in the past week, three of those in Tulsa County, which continues to lead the state. Oklahoma Health Department’s Jamie Dukes says the great majority of those hospitalized are in the elderly population, age 65 and up.

Nearly 17-hundred people have been hospitalized statewide, including 391 in Tulsa County, which leads all other counties in flu fatalities and the number of flu-related hospitalizations. 48 Oklahomans have died of the flu since the season officially began October 2nd.