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Health Officials ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ about Flu Season
An epidemiologist with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says she is "cautiously optimistic" that the flu season has peaked here in Maine.
However, Epidemiologist Sara Robinson warns that the disease is still widespread.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that there there were 831 new flu cases for the week ending Feb. 10, according to the Associated Press. That's down from 876 cases the week before. Robinson told the Portland Press Herald it is too soon to say for sure that cases will continue to decline. She urged people to take precautions and stay home if they are sick.
This year's predominant strain of flu is particularly virulent, resulting in an increase in deaths and hospitalizations nationwide. There have been 43 flu-related deaths so far this season in Maine. Last season, there were 71.
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