[californiadisasters] Flu Death Toll Rises in Bay Area, California

Flu Death Toll Rises in Bay Area, California

By NBC Bay Area Staff

|  Friday, Feb 7, 2014  |  Updated 1:00 PM PST

The flu has claimed the lives of more Bay Area residents in Alameda and San Mateo counties, which now each have a total of five deaths apiece, both of which were reported this week.

That brings the Bay Area tally to 36 flu-related deaths this winter season.

Dr. Ron Chapman of the California Dept. of Public Health, said on Friday that the number of deaths  statewide has jumped by 56 to a total of 202 confirmed deaths for the season. Four of those deaths were of young children.

Here's a Bay Area county-by-county breakdown:

 

• Santa Clara County - 10 deaths
• Alameda County - 5 deaths
• Marin County - 2 deaths
• San Mateo County - 5 deaths
• San Francisco - 3 death
• Contra Costa County - 5 deaths
• Solano County - 1 death
• Sonoma County - 4 deaths
• Napa County - 1 death

Source: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Flu-Death-Toll-Rises-in-Bay-Area-California-244353191.html

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