By Jay Price, News & observer
May 23, 2014 

RALEIGH — A particularly deadly flu season for young and middle-aged adults has apparently ended, with no new deaths reported in the weekly update figures released Thursday afternoon by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.

The number of suspected flu cases tallied at health care facilities also has trailed off, said Zack Moore, a medical epidemiologist with the N.C. Division of Public Health.

The toll stands at 107 known deaths related to flu since the first in mid-November. The most recent flu-related deaths were reported early this month.

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April 17, 2014

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RALEIGH — Two more people died from the flu in North Carolina last week, bringing the death toll from the viral-illness this season to an even 100.

Someone has died from flu-related illness in the state every week but one since late November, according to the state Department of Health and Human Services. The peak number was 12 during a week in late January.

Two-thirds of those who died this year were between the ages of 25 and 64. Young and middle-age adults are more vulnerable to the H1N1 strain that was the dominant form this season, health officials say.

Last year, 59 people died from flu-related illnesses in North Carolina, according to the state. The last deaths occurred in May.

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