Delaware health officials have announced the state's first confirmed influenza cases of the winter season.
A 6 year-old child from New Castle County was confirmed with type B influenza on Friday by the Delaware Public Health Laboratory.
A 26 year-old Wilmington resident has been confirmed with influenza, but test results on the strain are still pending.
Of the 56 lab-confirmed cases of influenza across the nation this fall, 25 percent were influenza B viruses similar to Delaware's case.
