ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Emergency rooms around St. Louis are filled with patients seeking relief from the flu.
Some went into diversion mode Tuesday night, where ambulances are asked to avoid certain hospitals unless they have a patient who is critically ill.
Health officials in eastern Missouri report twice as many flu cases this season than what they usually see. Hundreds of flu cases have been reported in St. Louis County alone in the past week.
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