Four new deaths due to influenza are being reported in Oklahoma to bring the record number of deaths this flu season to nearly 100.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health said Thursday that 98 people have died and more than 2,000 people have been hospitalized due to the flu since the season began Sept. 28. The previous record of 72 deaths — set during last year's flu season — was broken in February.
This season's deaths include 74 in the 65-or older age group; 14 in the 50-64 group, four in both the 18-49 and the 5-17-year-old groups; and 2 who were 4 or younger.
Tulsa County has recorded the most deaths with 22, followed by Oklahoma County with 12 and five each in Garfield, Cleveland and Stephens counties.
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