Claim: Kentucky reports 4 adults have died of the flu this season.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

Retrieved passages:
title: Joseph N. McCormack
text: public health nursing and county health departments. In 1918 and 1919 McCormack oversaw the board's efforts to contain the influenza pandemic, one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history. Influenza infected an estimated 300,000 people in Kentucky and killed approximately 15,000 statewide in a matter of months. During World War I the USPHS coordinated its efforts with the KSBH and the Louisville municipal and Jefferson county health boards to improve health and sanitary conditions in the areas surrounding Camp Zachary Taylor. One of the many improvements made in the five-mile radius of the camp was the installation of a

title: 2017–18 United States flu season
text: that year hadn't "changed enough from previous seasons to be considered a novel strain." In the first week of February, deaths from influenza and pneumonia were responsible for one of every ten deaths in the US, with 4,064 from pneumonia or influenza recorded in the third week of 2018, according to CDC data. The CDC also reported 63 child deaths at that point, half of which were not considered medically high risk, and only about 20 percent who were vaccinated. Only two of those deaths were babies under six months old. On February 9, 2018, the CDC announced that the

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States
text: much worse this is than seasonal flu. So far it's looking like it's not that serious. CNN stated on April 28, 2009 that there were at least 800 deaths in the U.S. due to normal influenza in each individual week between January 1 and April 18, which is higher than the combined worldwide death toll for the swine flu. As of November 19, 2009, the official death toll attributed directly to the novel H1N1 and seasonal influenza was 877. This total exceeds the 849 deaths directly attributed to seasonal influenza in 2006. Many of the other deaths commonly attributed to

title: 2017–18 United States flu season
text: 140 patients daily, had more than 200 patients on one of those days. By 19 January, seventy-four people under the age of 65 had died in California, with thirty-two of those deaths occurring in the preceding week, making it the deadliest week of the flu season so far. By February 9, 2018, the national rate for flu-like symptoms for patients visiting clinics had reached "well above" seven percent, a rate last seen during the H1N1 swine flu epidemic of 2009. According to the "Los Angeles Times", 163 people under the age of 65 had died of the flu since October

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States by state
text: reported in a teen boy attending a Minneapolis Public School. A Minneapolis five-year-old girl had succumbed to the flu during the week of June 8. As of July 23, 684 cases and three deaths have been reported. As of January 13,2 more people died of confirmed A/H1N1 influenza, increasing the number of confirmed deathsfrom H1N1 to 55 in the state.However, H1N1 influenza activity is currently low in Minnesota, with only one school outbreak reported in the first week of 2010. In Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon announced in a written statement that a probable case had been discovered in a Platte

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States by state
text: the seasonal flu. School closures in the area have since been eliminated in favor of simply sending the infected children home, resulting in slightly elevated absence rates statewide. The first death in the state due to H1N1 swine flu complications was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health on May 14. As of January 15, Arizona has reported 142 deaths due to confirmed A/H1N1 influenza, including at least 2 in 2010 alone. As of July 16, 2009, the Arkansas Department of Health has reported 51 confirmed cases of swine flu. Four of the cases were from Camp Robinson,

title: 2017–18 United States flu season
text: 2017, compared to 40 deaths during the same time period the previous year. Of those 163 deaths, 36 had died during the first week of February; the same article also noted that the peak of the flu season has apparently passed as reports of new cases have declined. On February 11, 2018, the "Seattle Times" reported that "things [were] improving" in Washington state. At the time, the state had seen 151 flu-related fatalities, lower than the total of 214 that time the year before. On February 12, 2018, Delaware announced that it had seen six deaths and 995 confirmed flu

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States by state
text: 291 cases of swine flu. As of February 2010, there have been at least 38 confirmed deaths due to A/H1N1 infection. Also, since September 1, there have been at least 468 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Indiana. On April 29, two probable case of swine flu were reported in Des Moines County and Clinton County. One was a woman from California, the other one was a man from Mexico. On May 3, another case was found in Marshall County causing schools to close. On the week of February 28, 2009, a three-year-old caught the swine flu due to close contact

title: 2017–18 United States flu season
text: recent flu outbreak had killed at least 63 children. On February 10, 2018, officials in New York City confirmed the third pediatric flu death for the 2017–2018 season. The week prior, 43 states reported high patient traffic for the flu, with flu remaining widespread in each state except Hawaii and Oregon. California was hit especially hard by the 2017–18 flu outbreak. In California as of 6 January, twenty-seven people under the age of 65 died from flu since October, nine times as many as the prior year. The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center emergency room, which often caters to about

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States by state
text: August 26, 2009, the Rhode Island Department of Health has reported 203 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu and two deaths. Three swines from a farm just north of Barrington contracted the flu which gave farmer Jimmy Bo-Brown many headaches. Sick swine have stunted growth and require increased attention from the farmer often leading to headaches. Two of the swines Elliott and Wilson died from dehydration and the last one recovered after about a week and was promptly slaughtered for bacon. On August 28, 2009 the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) announced it will begin the first

title: 2009 flu pandemic
text: It is often stated that about 36,000 die from the seasonal flu in the U.S. each year, and this is frequently understood as an indication that the H1N1 strain was not as severe as seasonal influenza. The 36,000 estimate was presented in a 2003 study by CDC scientists published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" but only refers to a period from 1990–91 through 1998–99. During those years, the number of estimated deaths ranged from 17,000 to 52,000, with an average of about 36,000. The "JAMA" study also looked at seasonal influenza-associated deaths over a 23-year period, from

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States by state
text: there had been 30 deaths from H1N1 in Utah, 18 through August 31, 2009 and a further 12 since that time. On November 18, 2009 the Utah State Health department reported five more deaths from swine flu. The Vermont Department of Health announced a probable case of the H1N1 virus in rural Orleans County. A second case of the flu was confirmed involving an adult in Windsor County. As of July 22, there have been 62 laboratory confirmed cases. The Virginia Department of Health had confirmed 14 cases in the state by May 7, and a total of 23 by

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States by state
text: their states, however the CDC listed the case in Kentucky. In Jefferson County, Meyzeek Middle school has three cases of H1N1 influenza. This initially started from a staff member, but spread to students. As of July 21, there are a total of 232 swine flu cases confirmed by The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. Up from 114 reported on May 28. As of January 2010, 1,973 confirmed cases of H1N1 have been reported, and 43 H1N1 deaths have been confirmed, in Louisiana. On April 29, three cases of H1N1 (swine flu) were confirmed in Maine, according to the Maine

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States by state
text: emergency. The Cleveland health department received numerous calls from concerned residents the first week of the outbreak, although it has been difficult to tell whether or not the cases are swine flu, since it is regular flu season. On April 29, a probable case was reported in Columbus, and two new cases were confirmed in Columbus on May 2, one of them being an employee of The Ohio State University Medical Center. As of July 24, 2009 there were 186 confirmed cases of swine flu in Ohio. In September 2009, a 20-year-old Columbus woman died from H1N1 a week after

title: 2009 flu pandemic in Ukraine
text: 1, 2009 for distribution among hospitals for free. On November 2, 2009, at Ukraine's request, the WHO sent a team of nine experts to determine if the same strain of swine flu was responsible for the 70 recent deaths from acute respiratory illness in the country. According to the Ukrainian Health Ministry as of November 2, 2009 the number of people who have died of influenza and respiratory diseases has reached 60, the number of people suffering from the flu is 200,000 and about 22 patients tested positive for swine flu. On November 5, 2009 the Ministry said the death

title: 2009 flu pandemic in Ukraine
text: illness. As of December 28, 652 people have died since the epidemic started in late October. At the time 258 people were in intensive care with dozens on respirators. More than 200,000 people have been hospitalized. Late December 2009 saw a high influenza activity in the Eastern Ukrainian provinces Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast. Overall the spread of acute respiratory infections in Ukraine passed over a second peak late December 2009, almost three times up on the same time a year ago. As of January 8 the WHO says that intense A/H1N1 virus activity continues in Ukraine, as well as

title: 2009 Flu pandemic in North America
text: Health Minister Ruddy Spencer told Parliament that the country has been placed on high alert. There has been heightened surveillance at health care facilities and port entry's. As of July 23, "553 confirmed cases" had been reported by Panamanian health authorities: 66% of the cases are teens (12–15) and the 34% are adults(20-49). Only one death haas been reported. Schools with positive cases are being disinfected and thermographic cameras have been deployed at Tocumen International Airport to identify sickness in arriving passengers. The members of the Under 17 Trinidad and Tobago football team have taken Flu tests after returning from

title: Influenza A virus subtype H1N1
text: and a further 250 were infected. As of early January 2014, Texas health officials have confirmed at least thirty-three H1N1 deaths and widespread outbreak during the 2013/2014 flu season, while twenty-one more deaths have been reported across the US. Nine people have been reported dead from an outbreak in several Canadian cities, and Mexico reports outbreaks resulting in at least one death. Spanish health authorities have confirmed 35 H1N1 cases in the Aragon region, 18 of whom are in intensive care. On March 17, 2014, three cases were confirmed with a possible fourth awaiting results occurring at the Centre for

title: 2009 flu pandemic in the United States
text: Prevention announced that swine flu was widespread across the country. It also said there was significant flu activity in virtually all states, which was considered to be quite unusual for this time of year. There was particular worry about pregnant women. As of late August, 100 had been hospitalized in intensive care units and 28 had died since the beginning of the outbreak in April. On October 1, it was acknowledged that a recruit in basic training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was the Army's first swine flu death. The recruit fell ill on September 1 and died of pneumonia

title: 2009 Flu pandemic in North America
text: County man became the first death in Missouri due to the Swine Flu. As of mid-May 2009 many states had abandoned testing for likely influenza cases unless serious illness and/or hospitalization were present. Because reported numbers represent only confirmed cases, they are a "very great understatement" of the total number of cases of infection, according to the CDC. The real number of swine flu cases in the United States could be “upwards of 100,000,” a top public health official estimated on Friday — far higher than the official count of 7,415 cases confirmed by laboratories. On September 1, 2009, several