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North Carolina health officials report 15 new flu deaths
FILE - This Jan. 23, 2020 file photo shows a patient receiving a flu vaccination in Mesquite, Texas. On Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the vaccine has been more than 50% effective in preventing flu illness severe enough to send a child to the doctor's office. Health experts consider that pretty good. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina health officials say 11 more people died of complications from the flu last week, including a victim between the ages of 5 and 17 years old.
Combined with four additional deaths from previous weeks, the death toll for the 2019-20 season has reached 90. That compared with 85 deaths for the same period in the 2018-19 season.
Of the 90 deaths, 54 were aged 65 or older, 22 were ages 50 to 64, 11 were ages 25 to 49, two were between ages 5 to 17, and one death involved someone no older than 4.
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