Influenza Cases on the Rise in Oak Creek

With this year's flu season the worst in five years, Oak Creek has seen a sharp increase in the number of influenza-related hospitalizations.

The flu bug has been particularly brutal this winter, with area schools and hospitals seeing a huge increase in the illness compared to last year. Nine Oak Creek residents have been hospitalized since the beginning of December with confirmed cases of influenza, city Health Officer Judi Price said. Eight hospitalizations were people over the age of 68, and one was a 4-year-old. By contrast, only four Oak Creek residents were hospitalized with influenza during the entire flu season last year, Price said. "There definitely has been an early onset of influenza and an increase in flu cases this season in Oak Creek," she said. Officials say it's the worst flu season in five years. Flu cases in the Milwaukee area in general have increased to an "…

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