A second person has died of the flu in Arkansas, the state Department of Health reported Tuesday.
The death was of a person age 46-64 and was reported to the state Thursday. The first flu death of the season, reported Oct. 25, was of a person in the same age group.
Based on an increase in the percentage of patients at doctors' offices who had flulike symptoms, the Health Department reported that the level of activity in the state last week was "low," an increase from the "minimal" activity it reported a week earlier.
The flu season generally runs from October through May. Arkansas had recorded the same number of deaths at this point during last year's flu season.
During that season, a total of 120 people died.
Metro on 11/06/2019