The Secretary of Health in Jalisco (SSJ) reported eight deaths due to influenza so far this season, of five deaths were reported this week.
General Directorate of Public Health reported that during the epidemiological week three of the year, 16 new cases of influenza were reported, making a total of 52 cases for the season.
The state agency said that the five deaths reported this week correspond to beneficiaries of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), four of whom had residence in the municipality of Guadalajara and one in Puerto Vallarta.
Two of the deaths were in children under . . .
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