Nashville, TN (WOKI) Health officials in Tennessee reporting a second child has died from the flu since the start of the new year.
In its weekly flu report, the Tennessee Department of Health reported the second flu death of 2025, which is also the second of the flu season which began Oct. 1, 2024.
The death was reported during the week of Feb. 2. According to the TDH, the first occurred during the last week of January.
Officials say the state, as a whole, is seeing a downturn in terms of the flu with doctor’s visits and positive test percentages down from the week before with exceptions for highly populated areas and in East Tennessee where visits to the doctor are still tracking “very high.”
Compared to the rest of the country, Tennessee is among a few other states with a “very high” flu activity.
