Indiana reports 1st flu death of 2021-22 season

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A Hoosier has died from the flu, the archetypal decease of the 2021-22 season, the Indiana Department of Health said Friday.

No accusation was fixed astir the idiosyncratic oregon erstwhile helium oregon she died. The wellness section cited privateness laws.

Indiana connected Fridays updates its weekly influenza reports connected its website.

In the 2020-21 flu season, 7 Hoosiers died aft contracting influenza, a quality merchandise said. In 2019-20, 137 Hoosiers mislaid their lives to the disease.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu spread successful Indiana was minimal past week.

The CDC estimated from 24,000 to 62,000 radical died of the flu from Oct. 1, 2019, to April 4, 2020.

Drugstores and different aesculapian businesses connection influenza vaccines. The authorities volition person influenza vaccines disposable Tuesday-Saturday astatine the COVID-19 vaccination session crossed from Gate 2 astatine the Indianapolis Motor Speedway done Oct. 30. To find further locations by ZIP code, visit vaccine.gov.