Minnesota Weekly Flu Update Shows 2 New Deaths

(MNN)  —  The weekly update from the Minnesota Department of Health shows two new flu-related deaths. 

A total of five people have now died from influenza complications since the flu season started in the fall. 

There were four hospitalizations in the last week which brings the total to 31.  No new flu outbreaks were reported in schools and there was one in a long-term care facility. 

Minnesota had 153 deaths and more than four-thousand hospitalizations last flu season.