In North Carolina, 391 flu deaths were reported during the 2017-2018 flu season -- the most reported during a flu season since adult flu deaths became reportable in the state in 2009.

The U.S. government's flu report on Feb. 9, 2018 showed the flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as intense as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago.

So far, this flu season has caused at least 2900 deaths in the US and is on track to be as severe as the 2017-2018 flu season, which was the deadliest in more than 4 decades.

This is the fourth flu-related death reported in the state during the 2017-2018 flu season.

In North Carolina, 391 flu deaths were reported during the 2017-2018 flu season -- the most reported during a flu season since adult flu deaths became reportable in the state in 2009.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The flu season has peaked here in North Carolina with the highest number of deaths since the 2017-2018 flu season. Of the 362 deaths, two children, one from Eastern Carolina.

The 2017-2018 flu season is shaping up to be one of the deadliest in recent history. The illness hit hard and early, killing an unusually high number of young and healthy people (30 children had died ...

So far, a total of 362 people have died due to the illness including two pediatric deaths. That's the highest since the 2017-2018 flu season.

That year was a very bad flu season. The 2017–2018 flu season was one of the longest and most severe in recent history, with 52,000 deaths in the United States, according to the CDC." ...

The 2017-2018 flu season was historically severe. Public health officials estimate that 900,000 Americans were hospitalized and 80,000 died from the flu and its complications.

So far, a total of 362 people have died due to the illness including two pediatric deaths. That's the highest since the 2017-2018 flu season.