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"New flu numbers show the virus is continuing to take lives in Oklahoma, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. However, new cases of the flu are falling.Four deaths in the last week are being blamed on the flu. The total is now at 48 Oklahoma deaths during the flu season.There were 21 new hospitalizations or deaths reported with testing this week. That's a fall of 31 from the 52 hospitalizations or deaths reported the previous week. In total there have been 1,142 hospitalizations and deaths since Sept. 29, 2013.Eight deaths occurred in Tulsa County, six in Comanche County, three in Oklahoma, Pittsburg and Wagoner counties, two deaths each in Carter, Cleveland, Creek, Le Flore, Muskogee and Washington counties and one death each in Beckham, Craig, Custer, Kay, Logan, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Okmulgee, Osage, Seminole and Stephens counties.Two of the three deaths in Oklahoma County occurred in the last week.According to the OSDH, the third week of January saw the most new cases of the flu, and numbers have dropped dramatically since then.Of the 25 flu deaths, two were children 4 or younger, 12 were adults between the ages of 18 and 49, 19 were adults between the ages of 50 and 64 and the remaining 15 were adults over 65 years of age.Crime footer"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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