The Maine Centers for Disease Control received notification of an influenza-associated pediatric death on March 19.
The child tested positive for influenza B. This is the first influenza-associated pediatric death in Maine during the 2024-2025 influenza season.
According to the Maine CDC:
Influenza activity remains elevated nationally and in Maine. The influenza vaccine is still available, and clinicians should continue to suspect influenza, educate patients on general respiratory hygiene strategies that help prevent influenza infection, and offer seasonal influenza vaccine to people who have not yet received it for the 20242025 influenza season.
Influenza activity in Maine remains elevated with laboratory-confirmed influenza reported in all sixteen counties. Influenza A/H3 and Influenza A/H1N1 have been the predominate strains in Maine this influenza season. As of Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the Maine CDC has identified 146 outbreaks of influenza and health care facilities have reported over 1,200 individuals hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza. Influenza can be a serious illness.
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