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10 swine flu deaths confirmed in Southern Nevada
Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 | 1:25 p.m.
The Southern Nevada Health District today has confirmed two new deaths from the novel H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, bringing the total number of deaths to 10.
The patients were a 41-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man, both of whom had underlying medical conditions, the health district said.
Further information about the woman and the man cannot be released due to federal privacy laws, the health district said.
To date there have been 306 novel flu cases confirmed so far this year in Southern Nevada.
Two patients remain hospitalized with severe illness, the health district said.
Last week the health district received confirmation that a 53-year-old man who died in May had the H1N1 strain.
In June the health district reported the death of a patient from upstate New York, who died in a Las Vegas hospital.
Local, state and federal health officials are preparing to face increasing cases of both seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus.
Federal officials said a vaccine to help prevent the new flu is expected to be ready by mid to late October, but will be distributed to the most vulnerable groups. Young people ages 5 to 24 years old seem to get the novel flu most often, followed by people under 60.
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How many of the dead had serious underlying medican conditions?
How many people typically die during an influenza cycle?
Mikegino,
About 30,000 people pass away every year from all over the USA. That's average.
Now the famous line now, "serious underlying medical conditions" is the "key". That is where the deaths will be mixed in to the "normal" numbers. What is going be interesting and scary is all the people that have there immune system are lowed or something in ones health is not enough to snuff may inflate the deaths of the "Super Bug" may casue a tremendous amounts of death.
do u think they mite could release the names of these unfortunate victims.itd b nice 2 know who they were.