The Louisiana State Health Department recently released that Louisiana and South Carolina hold among the highest rates of flu activity in the U.S.
LDH also confirmed the first flu-related death of a child for this season. The death hailed from the Baton Rouge area.
State Epidemiologist Theresa Sokol was quoted as saying, “Activity in the U.S. this year, and really it’s pretty much the same usually from year to year, starts to increase in the southeastern and the south Atlantic states first.” Hospitalizations are on the rise, as well.