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Flu On The Rise

Friday, January 4, 2013

Macomb County Sees Rise in Flu Symptom Cases; Find Vaccines in Shelby Twp., Utica

Reports of flu-like symptoms rose from last year at this time, according to the Macomb County Health Department.

This flu season has affected thousands of Macomb County residents, with more reported cases than last year at this time, according to the Macomb County Health Department. There were 1,580 reports of flu-like symptom cases during the second week of December, up from the previous week of 1,211 and 1,069 in the last week of November, according to the department's latest available statistics on Thursday. None of those cases in Macomb County were fatal and they do not specify how many were children or adults. They also do not represent influenza cases unreported by individuals since much of the information comes from schools and hospitals. They do reflect, however, more reported flu-like cases than last year or two years prior at this time. “…

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