In Victoria, 121 people have died in the state's aged care system, prompting the state government to pour an extra 115-million dollars into the health system.
The illness has also claimed an eight-year-old girl and a Bacchus Marsh father, while 33-year-old new mum Sarah Hawthorn is in a coma after being struck down while heavily pregnant.
In total, there's been more than 14-thousand notifications of influenza this year in Victoria - more than double last year's figures.
Royal Melbourne Hospital respiratory medicine director Lou Irving says a cohort of unvaccinated people, including young children, have been spreading the illness and Australia should consider a universal vaccination program.
