Taipei Times
Date: Mar 13, 2019 
By Lee I-chia  /  Staff reporter

Seven flu-related deaths were confirmed last week, but as the number of emergency room visits for flu-like symptoms last week fell below the epidemic threshold, the peak period of the flu season might end as soon as next week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday, but warned that people should still take precautionary measures.

There were 82,252 cases of flu-like illness reported last week, a weekly decline of 5.7 percent, CDC disease monitoring data showed.

A total of 55 serious flu complication cases were confirmed last week, of which 78 percent, or 43 cases, were caused by influenza A virus subtype H1N1, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Liu Ting-ping (劉定萍) said.

The majority of the cases involved people aged 50 or older, with 51 percent, or 28 cases, involving people aged 65 years or older and 31 percent, or 17 cases, involving patients aged 50 to 64, she said.    [FULL  STORY]