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Jade DeLucia suffered brain damage and vision loss because of a 'rare complication' following a case of the flu.

The current flu season was the most unusual in about five years because of an early spike in influenza B as influenza A was circulating across Canada and the northern hemisphere.

Ottawa Public Health officials are seeing more flu cases this year than they did at this same time last year.

Three more flu-related deaths in the Edmonton zone were reported by Alberta Health Services in its weekly influenza report.

The number of people in the province who died with lab-confirmed influenza rose to six, according to Alberta Health Services' weekly report released Thursday.

Vaccine hesitancy was named one of the top health threats by the World Health Organization for 2019.

An estimated 12,200 Canadians end up hospitalized due to the flu each year, according to Health Canada.

"All these people are symptomatic, lying on the ground, needing help, but can't communicate what they need," an official said.

The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit says the flu case was confirmed on Wednesday.