Flu-related pediatric death confirmed in Macomb County

Charles E. Ramirez The Detroit Information

On Thursday, Michigan’s well being officers confirmed the third flu-associated kid’s loss of life of the state for the flu season 2024-2025.

“The third flu-associated pediatric loss of life befell in Macomb County,” stated the Michigan Division of Well being and Human Companies in an e-mail. “We don’t share any additional particulars.”

The information comes about two weeks after the division stated that the primary two youngsters of the state died after contracting seasonal influenza A, or H1N1, in the course of the flu season 2024-2025. These two youngsters lived within the provinces of Wayne and Genesee.

In Michigan’s 2023-24 flu season, eight deaths have been reported by pediatric flu, based on the Michigan Division of Well being and Human Companies. That’s in comparison with 5 within the 2022-23 season and one within the 2021-2022 season, stated it.

Some hospital techniques in southeastern Michigan have reported extra flu -related visits and remedy of first support.

Nationally, 86 flu-associated pediatric deaths have been reported for the 2024-25 flu season from 15 February, based on the US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

The earlier season, Influenza claimed the lives of practically 200 youngsters in the USA.

Michigan’s well being officers have inspired Michiganians to have inspired six months and older to be vaccinated in opposition to the flu.

They stated that greater than 2,700,000 Michiganians acquired a flu vaccine for the 2024-25 season from 15 February. Nonetheless, solely about 15.1% of Michigan youngsters have acquired a flu vaccine this season, the bottom degree in recent times, based on the division.

As well as, outpatient hospital visits for flu -like illness are the very best they’ve been to Michigan for the previous 15 years, officers stated.

Final month, Corewell Well being civil servants stated that it restricted the variety of guests in pediatric areas within the hospitals in Southeast -Michigan and in Grand Rapids attributable to numerous pediatric admissions and a rise within the airways.

Final week, CDC officers stated that catches the flu and catches Covid-19 because the lethal virus within the US this winter. They stated that seasonal flu has reached the very best ranges in additional than 15 years.

The company estimates that the flu has made at the very least 29 million folks sick, induced 370,000 hospital admissions and resulted in 16,000 deaths since October 2024.

Initially printed: February 28, 2025 at 7:14 am