The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has announced the first child death in Maine. They did not say old old the child who tested positive for influenza A was or where they are from.
Maine has a reported 74 flu outbreaks and 133 hospitalizations of the flu during the past week.
#BREAKING: The Maine CDC says a child has died from influenza complications. This is the first pediatric death of the 2022-2023 flu season. https://t.co/c1iRPPi4Pj
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) December 22, 2022
That comes as 10 of Maine's counties are experiencing "high" to "very high" severity of flu spread. https://t.co/rTMrmMHRJQ
— Bangor Daily News (@bangordailynews) December 22, 2022
