translated from Spanish: Deaths from influenza are quadruple in the country

city of Mexico.-in what goes in the current flu season, deaths from this disease quadrupled and the number of positive cases almost doubled, compared with the same period of 2017. According to data from the General direction of epidemiology, until December 27 reported 116 deaths from influenza, when in the same period of 2017 occurred 25.En so much, there were thousand 662 positive cases of the virus, against 861 of the same date from the last year. Most of the deaths and the cases correspond to H1N1 flu, followed by the B of A and the AH3N2 type.

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During seasonal influenza, 2018-2019, the most affected age groups are 1 to 9 years old, older than 60 years and 40-49 years. The States with more cases of influenza are Oaxaca, with 178; Veracruz, with 128; Guerrero, 120; City of Mexico, with 115, and Chihuahua, with 101.En terms of deaths caused by this disease, entities that accumulate are Puebla, with 14; Oaxaca, with an equal number; Veracruz and Hidalgo with 9 each, and Sonora, with 8.Hasta the moment, says the report, week 49, from 2 to 8 December, has been the period in which more cases of influenza were reported, with influenza AH1N1 B 91 of 14 182 1,375 232.Casos of Total AH3N2: 1662Defunciones influenza 104 AH1N1 7 to 5 by B Total: 116 in this note:

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