GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) - The Delaware Division of Public Health has announced that a 61-year-old woman is the first confirmed influenza case in Sussex County.
The woman visited the emergency room Nov. 6 and is now recovering at home. She contracted the influenza B/Yamagata virus.
Information was not available on whether she had been vaccinated or if she had any underlying conditions that made her more susceptible to infection.
There have now been five confirmed flu cases in Delaware for the 2015-2016 season - one in Sussex County and two each in Kent and New Castle Counties.
The division urges everyone over six months old to get vaccinated as soon as possible. Officials say pregnant women and their families, caregivers, seniors, health care providers and those with compromised immune systems should especially get the flu shot.
