Texas Flu Deaths Top 2,300 So Far

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith

Published February 2, 2018 at 10:07 AM CST

TEXAS FLU DEATHS - More than 23-hundred Texans have died from flu-related causes. That’s according to the most recent data from the Texas Department of State Health Services. And that figure doesn’t include numbers for January. Spokesperson Lara Anton says the state is seeing a high level of flu right now...but that’s not necessarily unusual. “Last year we had over 95-hundred deaths from flu, so it’s not uncommon for there to be thousands of deaths in Texas from flu.” Anton says people in high risk categories, like those under 5 or over 65-years-old, should take this flu season seriously and see a doctor.

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Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.

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