flu child death
During the 2012-2013 flu season, which started early and was especially severe, 169 children died. The CDC does not track exact number of adult death rates, but this week the flu season reached âepidemicâ status because 7.5 percent of all U.S. deaths during the second week of January were due to flu and pneumonia illnesses, surpassing the CDCâs epidemic threshold of 7.2 percent.