Ohio more than doubled flu hospitalizations in 2017-18

A nasty flu season led to 17,397 hospitalizations in Ohio this year.

The final report on this year’s flu season was published today by the Ohio Department of Health, which showed high rates of flu-cases throughout the state.

The 17,397 flu-related hospitalization cases reported for the 2017-18 flu season were more than double last season’s cases.

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