ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — North Carolina has recorded its first flu-related death of the season, prompting Buncombe County health officials to remind residents that now is the time to get vaccinated.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced Oct. 8 that an adult in central North Carolina died from complications of the flu during the first week of October. No additional information about the person was released.
The death comes as health officials prepare for another respiratory virus season and encourage residents to protect themselves against the flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV…