The State Health Department says this year's flu season has been the worst in Pennsylvania in the past decade. Right now, influenza is still considered to be widespread in the state.
The number of flu cases are declining, but the illness is still being reported in all age groups in all counties. Last week, 14 people died of illnesses linked to the flu.
Altogether 154 deaths, related to the flu, have been reported so far this season---most are among the elderly. Older people account for 23-percent of all the reported cases but nearly 70-percent of those in the hospital with the flu.
The number of flu cases are declining, but the illness is still being reported in all age groups in all counties. Last week, 14 people died of illnesses linked to the flu.
Altogether 154 deaths, related to the flu, have been reported so far this season---most are among the elderly. Older people account for 23-percent of all the reported cases but nearly 70-percent of those in the hospital with the flu.
