Salt Lake Tribune · Jan 8, 2020
Utahn dies of the flu
(Dr. Michael Shaw and Doug Jordan | Centers for Disease Control file photo) H3N2 influenza virions, seen in a 2011 electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Southwest Utah Public Health Department reported Wednesday the state's first influenza death of this flu season. 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.