A Utahn has died from influenza — the state’s first confirmed death of the current flu season.
According to the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, an adult under the age of 65 died recently of influenza type A. The department did not provide any more details about the person, who lived in one of the five counties it serves: Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane and Washington.
According to SWUPHD epidemiologist Kassidy Peterson, 36 people — from “infants to the elderly” — have been hospitalized with the flu in those five counties this season. Statewide, more than 170 people have been hospitalized with influenza.