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Cranston said most of the deaths have been in older patients.
"We’ve
seen 18 deaths reported to us so far this season associated to
influenza-like illness overwhelmingly amongst older individuals, which
is not atypical," he said.
Anita
Barry, the Director of the Infectious Disease Bureau for the Boston
Health Department, said so far this year, there has been 10 times as
many flu cases reported versus the number of cases recorded for all of
last year.
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