Hundreds of Albertans have been hospitalized from the flu this season, and six have died, including two children between the ages of five and nine, according to the latest data released by Alberta Health. .The data shows 1,566 new confirmed cases, a 75% increase from last week that brings the provincial total to 3,648 this flu season..Along with the deaths, there have been 550 hospitalizations and 52 admissions to intensive-care units surpassing last season’s total number of hospitalizations..The newly reported deaths included two people between the ages of 60 and 69 and three seniors aged 70 or older. .Three people who died were in the Edmonton zone, two were in the Calgary zone, and one death was in the Central zone. .This flu season Calgary has the highest number of patients requiring hospital care, with 218, followed closely by Edmonton, with 212. .Alberta’s flu immunization rate sits at 20.5%, down from 21.7% at the same time last year.
