Two Flu Deaths Reported in Montana's Yellowstone County, the County's First This Season
BILLINGS, Mont. — Riverstone Health and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services confirmed on November 8 that two residents of Yellowstone County, Montana, have died of the flu, the county's first flu deaths of the season. Both died in October — a man in his 70s and a woman in her 90s — and neither had received this season's flu vaccine.
Since the respiratory illness season began on October 4, Yellowstone County has reported 119 flu cases. Statewide, Montana health officials are tracking 76 flu hospitalizations and three flu deaths. Riverstone Health said flu may seem routine but can become severe and life-threatening for older adults and other vulnerable people.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently rates Montana's respiratory illness activity level as "very low," while noting that flu and COVID-19 case counts are rising.
Source: Riverstone Health
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Photo: 医护人员为一名水兵接种流感疫苗（资料图）。（美国海军照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons）
