High mortality rate from influenza in Central Zone
Flu deaths in the Central Zone this season have have risen to 21, the same as in the Edmonton zone.
Only the Calgary Zone has seen more deaths in Alberta this flu season at 30.
To put Central Zone’s numbers into perspective, only 363 central Albertans have been hospitalized due to the flu while in the Edmonton Zone, there have been 1,004, as of April 19.
rdnewsNOW asked AHS Medical Officer of Health Dr. Digby Horne why the mortality rate is so much higher in Central Zone compared to Edmonton.