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LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services, or MDHHS, confirmed Friday a child has died from the flu; the first of the 2023-2024 flu season.
The child was reported to have contracted Influenza A, or H1N1, according to health officials.
“These are tragedies that no family should ever have to endure,” Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive, said. “Each year influenza claims the lives of dozens of children across the United States. This is why MDHHS continues to strongly recommend that everyone six months of age and older get a seasonal flu vaccine.”
So far this season, 93 other children across the country have also died from the flu, health officials said.
Although Michigan is experiencing a rise in flu cases, only 19.2% of Michigan children aged six months to 17 years have been vaccinated against it, according to the MDHHS.
This is a slight drop compared to the 2022-2023 flu season, which saw 20.9% of Michigan children had been vaccinated during the same time frame.
Since October, there have been at least 28-51 million flu illnesses, 13-24 million flu medical visits, 310,000-640,000 flu hospitalizations and 20,000-57,000 flu-related deaths nationally, according to the CDC.
Information about the flu, flu vaccinations, and more from the MDHHS can be found online.
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