Three of those deaths have been in Tulsa County, which has by far the most hospitalizations reported of any county in the state at 115.
Other deaths have been in Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg and Rogers counties.
Nearly 100 hospitalizations from flu were reported last week, bringing the total number of throughout the state to 345 since Sept. 30.
With about 25 percent of Kiefer Public Schools students sick with the flu, officials have decided to close the school system Friday.
?We?re closing school so we can disinfect phones, desks, water fountains, lockers,? said school attorney Steve Mathis. ?Hopefully we can nip the flu bug in the bud.?
Mathis said that those who haven?t been exposed can stay home Friday and hopefully not get the flu. School will resume on Monday.
The kindergarten through 12th-grade school has about 650 students. The middle and high school buildings share a campus, and the elementary school has a separate campus.
?Having a quarter of the kids sick is certainly not a good thing for anybody,? Mathis said.
World Staff Writer Susan Hylton contributed to this story.
Source: http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20130110_17_0_Sxmrka311985
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