27,717 Swine Flu Cases Including 127 Deaths In USA So Far - Could Be One Million

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Article Date: 27 Jun 2009 - 8:00 PDT

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According to the CDC's (Center for Disease Control and Prevention's) Friday evening weekly update, 27th June 2009, there have been 27,717 laboratory confirmed human cases including 127 deaths of Swine Flu or A(H1N1) influenza. Fortunately, so far the Swine Flu A(H1N1) virus appears to be no more virulent than ordinary seasonal human influenza. No reports have come in indicating that the virus may have mutated.

Possibly 1 million cases in the USA

Anne Schuchat, of the CDC, said "We're saying that there have been at least a million cases of the new H1N1 virus so far this year in the United States. Reported cases are really just the tip of the iceberg." She explained that the figure of 1 million was worked out through a mathematical modeling system the CDC is using. Many people are becoming infected and self-treating, or just waiting till they get better as they would do with any flu or cold, and not reporting to their doctors.

If the 1 million estimate is right, the virus is even less virulent with 127 deaths per 1 million infections.

Total Swine Flu A(H1N1) Confirmed Human Cases of Infection and deaths (CDC 29th June, 2009)

Alabama - 239 cases - 0 deaths
Alaska - 46cases - 0 deaths
Arkansas - 35 cases - 0 deaths
Arizona - 729 cases - 8 deaths
California - 1492 cases - 16 deaths
Colorado - 103 cases - 0 deaths
Connecticut - 877 cases - 5 deaths
Delaware - 267 cases - 0 deaths
Florida - 941 cases - 2 death
Georgia - 65 cases - 0 deaths
Hawaii - 465 cases - 0 deaths
Idaho - 72 cases - 0 deaths
Illinois - 2875 cases - 12 deaths
Indiana - 251 cases - 0 deaths
Iowa - 92 cases - 0 deaths
Kansas - 117 cases - 0 deaths
Kentucky - 119 cases - 0 deaths
Louisiana - 153 cases - 0 deaths
Maine - 61 cases - 0 deaths
Maryland - 414 cases - 1 death
Massachusetts - 1287 cases - 1 death
Michigan - 468 cases - 2 deaths
Minnesota - 537 - 1 death
Mississippi - 114 cases - 0 deaths
Missouri - 55 cases - 1 death
Montana - 44 cases - 0 deaths
Nebraska - 111 cases - 0 deaths
Nevada - 250 cases - 0 deaths
New Hampshire - 207 cases - 0 deaths
New Jersey - 899 cases - 6 deaths
New Mexico - 232 cases - 0 deaths
New York - 2272 cases - 35 deaths
North Carolina - 179 cases - 1 death
North Dakota - 48 cases - 0 deaths
Ohio - 93 cases - 0 deaths
Oklahoma - 123 cases - 1 death
Oregon - 289 cases - 3 deaths
Pennsylvania - 1483 cases - 3 deaths
Rhode Island - 132 cases - 1 death
South Carolina - 120 cases - 0 deaths
South Dakota - 22 cases - 0 deaths
Tennessee - 148 cases - 0 deaths
Texas - 2981 cases - 10 deaths
Utah - 874 cases - 10 deaths
Vermont - 46 cases - 0 deaths
Virginia - 191 cases - 1 death
Washington - 588 cases - 3 deaths
Washington, D.C. - 33 cases - 0 deaths
West Virginia - 114 cases - 0 deaths
Wisconsin - 4273 cases - 4 death
Wyoming - 72 cases - 0 deaths
Territories
Puerto Rico - 18 cases - 0 deaths
Virgin Islands - 1 case - 0 deaths

TOTAL - 27,717 cases - 127 deaths

Written by Christian Nordqvist
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