Hospitalizations for flu up slightly

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

Ohio health officials say the number of flu-related hospitalizations rose slightly last week as an unusually severe season winds down.

The Ohio Department of Health reported 135 hospitalizations from Feb. 22 to 28, up from 119 a week earlier.

Those figures brought the season’s total hospitalizations to 7,985, compared with 2,870 during the same time a year ago.

The state doesn’t report adult flu deaths but has recorded the deaths of six children. Individual county health departments have reported several adult deaths.