Today, Governor Andy Beshear reported six new flu-related pediatric deaths, including three within the past week.
The prior record for total pediatric flu deaths ever reported in Kentucky in a single flu season has already been met this year.
That prior record was during the 2019-2020 flu season where six children died of flu.
According to the Department for Public Health, none of the children that have died of the flu this year had a flu shot.
The Governor has been providing weekly updates on Thursdays as part of his Team Kentucky update news conferences.
Kentucky is currently reporting 29,341 laboratory-confirmed cases of flu.
A weekly report is available here.