The following is the latest update on the H1N1 (swine flu) virus:
The number of confirmed cases of H1N1 virus in the state of Ohio has increased to 34 according to the Ohio Department of Health. The newest cases are from Allen County (that county's first case), Cuyahoga County (bringing their number to four), Franklin County (an additional two cases bringing their total to 12)and Lawrence County (their first confirmed case) and Mahoning County has verified its first case.
Here is the county breakdown of the Ohio cases:
Allen County – 1 (20 year old male)
Butler County – 1 (30 year old male)
Clark County - 6 (15 year old male, 25 year old male, 12 year old male, 15 year old female, 13 year old male, 14 year old male), Cuyahoga County – 4 (41 year old female, 9 year old male, 14 year old female, 14 year old female)
Franklin County – 12 (31 year old male, 33 year old male, 18 year old male, 20 year old female, 19 year old female, 21 year old male, 20 year old male, 22 year old female, 23 year old female, 19 year old male, 11 year old female, 13 year old female), Fulton County – 1 (10 year old female)
Hamilton County – 1 (21 year old male), Holmes County – 1 (47 year old female), Knox County - 1 (45 year old male)
Lawrence County – 1 (2 year old male), Lorain County – 1 (9 year old male), Lucas County – 1 (14 year old female)
Mahoning County – 1 (22 year old female), Montgomery County – 1 (16 year old male)
Portage County – 1 (39 year old female)
In addition, there are 29 suspected cases in the state of Ohio, along with one probable case.
Pennsylvania's number of confirmed cases has increased to 241 with an additional 58 probable cases that are awaiting final test results.
Four schools in York County, in south-central Pennsylvania, are now closed because of concerns over swine flu. On Monday, the York City School District closed Edgar Fahs Smith Middle School and McKinley Elementary School. One student tested positive in the district, but 16 others showed up with symptoms. Logos Academy, a private Christian school in York, announced on Tuesday it has ended its school year almost a week early because a significant number of students have influenza-like symptoms. Three confirmed cases of swine flu have also been detected at Henry Houck Elementary in Lebanon, which remains open. One swine flu case has been confirmed in a student at Lamberton Middle School in Carlisle, which also remains open.
Allegheny County Health Department officials say a Pittsburgh-area high school student has been diagnosed with the swine flu. Health officials say the student at South Fayette High School was not hospitalized and there are no other known swine flu cases in the district, about 10 miles south of Pittsburgh. South Fayette Superintendent Linda Hippert says the student is recovering at home. Cleaning staff will disinfect those areas of the school where students have a greater risk of exposure to the virus.
According to the CDC, the death toll nationwide has risen to 17; four in Arizona, three in Illinois, one in Missouri, four in New York, three in Texas, one in Utah, and one in Washington. The state with the highest rate of confirmed and probable cases is Wisconsin with 1905. The state with the fewest cases is Alaska with only one. The total number of confirmed and probable cases nationwide now stands at 11,054.
