Hundreds of cases reported as flu season in Toronto coming into full swing
Posted January 5, 2013 10:58 am.
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TORONTO, Ont. – Toronto Public Health says there has recently been a big jump in the number of flu cases here in Toronto.
Combined with what is considered a potent strand and an early start to the season, it could make for a relatively bad flu season.
So far they’ve recorded 449 cases of the flu since early September, which is dramatically higher than the average of 188 for this point in the flu season.
It’s still too early to say if the flu season will turn out worse than the average year, however.
The U.S. Centre for Disease Control, meanwhile, says the flu has hit 41 states.
This makes it the earliest onset of the flu in nearly ten years, with health officials reporting lots of children are getting sick from the current flu.
