Ohio Department of Health: Ashland County has first pediatric flu death in the state
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Department of Health is reporting the state’s first flu-associated pediatric death of the 2021-22 flu season, an 8-month-old male from Ashland County, according to a news release from the ODH.
The Ashland County Health Department investigated the death, the release said.
According to the ODH, there have been 972 flu-associated hospitalizations reported in Ohio so far this flu season compared with 108 reported during the same time period within the 2020-21 influenza season, which saw an unusually low amount of influenza compared to more typical flu seasons. At this point in the 2019-20 flu season, there were 10,540 hospitalizations, the ODH added.
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COVID-19 mitigation measures such as wearing face masks, staying home, hand washing, school closures, reduced travel, increased ventilation of indoor spaces and physical distancing, likely contributed to the decline in 2020-21 flu incidence and hospitalizations, according to the release, which added that Flu activity typically peaks between December and February.
More information about flu and flu activity in Ohio is available at www.flu.ohio.gov
This article originally appeared on Ashland Times Gazette: First pediatric flu death of season reported in Ohio in Ashland County
