Flu Season Has Apparently Peaked In Colorado

December 23, 2003

Flu

Season Has Apparently Peaked In Colorado

December 23, 2003

DENVER (AP) -- The flu outbreak in hard-hit Colorado has apparently peaked and is beginning to ease, health

officials said Monday.

" It appears that the increase in the

number of flu cases peaked during the first week of December, " said

Benevento, executive director of the state

health department. " Colorado should continue to register weekly decreases. "

The flu has killed at least 11 children and

one adult in Colorado this season. Last year, only two child flu deaths were

reported to the state, none were reported the previous year and two were

reported in the 2000-01 season.

The total number of flu cases in Colorado had reached 10,707 by Monday -- more than the 8,967

cases in the past four flu seasons combined.

The number of new cases increased by 1,528

last week. But that was lower than the 1,579 the previous week and much lower

than the 2,913 between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6.

Much

Love,

Deanna

LUPUS

Serenity Prayer...

Lord, grant me the

serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things

I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of doctors I shot when they said,

You're perfectly healthy, it's all in your head "

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