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Local, State Flu Hospitalizations Continue To Rise

The Ohio Department of Health says four people have died from the flu this season as hospitalizations continue to rise. Nearly 16 hundred people were hospitalized for the flu  from  December 28 through January 4, up 55 percent from the previous week. More than 44 hundred people have been hospitalized so far this season. Columbus Public Health officials say nearly 500 people have been hospitalized in Franklin County, more than during all of last season.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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