In the middle of the worst flu season in which it is less

The flu season meets hard in Oregon and state health officers warn that an increase in the late season could be on the horizon.

But even if the state has to do with the worst flu season, the Oregon Health Authority says that fewer Oregonians receive their annual flu vaccination. Health officers say that the number of hospital stays in the flu stays at a time when the season is normally rejuvenated.

Since the beginning of the flu season in October, the state has reported almost 1,600 influenza hospital stays according to the counties from Clackamas, Multnomahs and Washington Latest data. (The state uses the U -Bahn area of ​​Portland to measure the severity of the season.) This is the triple number of hospital stay reported in the same time of the previous year, as state data show.

People aged 65 and over have the highest hospital stay rate. They made up more than half of all flu -related hospital stays in the Portland region.

In the meantime, the flu vaccinations have decreased by 4% compared to the previous year in the third time in a row, according to state health officers.