Nine Hoosiers have already died from the flu this season, according to the Indiana State Department of Health, and the flu season hasn’t even reached its peak in the state. The first flu-related death in Indiana for the 2017-18 season was reported on December 8, more than a month later than the first death of 2016. The first death of the season was a victim under the age of 18. In the three weeks following, 8 more flu-related deaths were reported in the state, according to the report dated December 23. All of those deaths were over the age of 50.