One pediatric death due to influenza is one too many. Last season, 2018-2019, there were 136 pediatric deaths reported due to flu-related illness.

From the Centers for Disease Control

Influenza-Associated Pediatric Mortality:

One influenza-associated pediatric death was reported to CDC during week 38. The death was associated with an influenza A (H3) virus and occurred during week 37 (the week ending September 14, 2019).

A total of 136 influenza-associated pediatric deaths occurring during the 2018-2019 season have been reported to CDC.

Additional information on influenza-associated pediatric deaths including basic demographics, underlying conditions, bacterial co-infections, and place of death for the current and past seasons, is available on FluView Interactive (http://gis.cdc.gov/GRASP/Fluview/PedFluDeath.html).