The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) releases a weekly surveillance report on the Flu in Texas.

The DSHS reported that the flu activity cases rose in the Amarillo Health Service Region.

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting multiple types of flu in the state of Texas. 

1,431 Pneumonia & Influenza deaths have been reported in Texas during the current influenza season. (September 30, 2018 to December 18, 2018.)

45 of those deaths were in the Amarillo Health Service Region which includes all of the Texas Panhandle.