For the 2018/19 season this number was 34,200 and for the 2017-18 season it was 61,000. Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated there were around 22,000 flu deaths in the 2019/20 flu season in the US (here). VERDICTFalse. 11, 2020 (here, here , here). A total 4,291 people had died.
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