NEW
WISCONSIN
FLU
STATISTICS
% WERE
RELEASED
THIS
AFTERNOON.
% CASE
NUMBERS
THA
T
CONCERN
% OFFICIALS A
T
THE DEPARTMENT OF% HEALTH SERVICES.
% TODAY'S
INFLUENZA
STATUS
REPORT
% SHOWS
962
TOTAL
DIAGNOSED
CASES
% OF
F
LU
SINCE
OCTOBER.
% THERE HAVE
BEEN A
TOTAL
OF
622
% HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR
THE
FLU.
% 15
WISCONSINITES HAVE
DIED
THIS
% SEASON
D
UE
T
O
FLU-RELATED
% ILLNESSES.
% TOM HAUPT
PU
T
THESE
NUMBERS
IN
% PERSPECTIVE IN
OUR
INTERVIEW
O
N
% NOON
WEDNESDAY.
% >>
WELL,
IT'S
SIGNIFICANTLY% HIGHER
THAN IT W
AS
LAST
YEAR AT% THIS TIME.
% ONE
B
IG
DIFFERENCE THAT
WE'VE
% SEEN
THIS YEAR IS
THE
% HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE BEEN
% AFFECTING THE
YOUNGER
% POPULATION.
% OUR HIGHER
NUM
BER
I
S
BETWEEN
18
% AND
49-YEAR-OLD
RANGE
COMPARED
% TO PREVIOUS YEARS.
% WE ARE
SEEING A
HIGHER
INCIDENCE
% OF
OUTPATIENT
INFLUENZA-LIKE
% ILLNESSES AS WELL COMPARED
T
O
% PREVIOUS YEARS.%>>
TODAY'S HEALTH
SERVICES
% UPDATE
REPORTS
THE