By KRWG News
New Mexico – Flu is continuing to decline in New Mexico.
State Health Secretary Dr. Catherine Torres says the rate of influenza-like illness seen in clinics across the state has dropped from the peak of 6 percent in mid- February to 3.9 percent last week.
The state Department of Health reports a plentiful supply of vaccine to protect against all three types of influenza that are circulating.
The state does surveillance for flu by tracking influenza-like illness in clinic sites throughout New Mexico, laboratory surveillance to determine the types of influenza circulating and reports of deaths.
In a typical flu season, New Mexico has 150 to 300 deaths due to influenza and related pneumonia.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.