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A February flu surge has arrived

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Nearly a third of flu tests came back positive during the week ending on Feb. 1 , the CDC said.

The agency estimated that there had been at least 24 million illnesses so far this season .

Ten pediatric deaths were entered into the national database this week , bringing the total this season to 57 .

A(H1N2)v is the season 's only case so far of a different A strain variant.

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