Richmond, VA. (Newsradiowrva.com) - In a year where Virginia is already seeing heavy flu activity, the State Health Department is reporting its first child flu death. The death was of a child between the ages of five and 12 in the southwest region of the Commonweath.
Virginia is experiencing early and very high flu activity during the current 2022-23 flu season compared to previous flu seasons. Emergency department (ED) and urgent care center (UCC) visits for influenza-like illness are also very high (8% of total ED & UCC visits) for this time of the season compared to the same time during the previous 12 seasons except for the 2009-10 pandemic year. Virginia reported one influenza-associated death among children during the 2021-2022 flu season.
VDH recommends taking actionsto prevent the flu: including everyone six months & older receiving a yearly flu vaccine.
