Fatalities in Brazil

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Number killed by the swine flu reaches 142 in Paran?
In relation to the previous bulletin, the state has 23 new cases of death by influenza A
21/08/09 at 17:33 | Writing Bem Paran?


According to the new newsletter from the Secretariat of Health of Paran? on the swine flu, released this Friday (21), the state has 142 cases of death by disease confirmed.

In relation to the previous bulletin, the state has 23 new cases of death by influenza A H1N1. Moreover, the number of confirmed cases of influenza A increased from 1851 to 2480 - these figures refer to cases of patients at risk group or with some sort of complication.

Curitiba is still leading in number of deaths, with 62. Foz do Igua?u comes next with 15, then Toledo and Maring?, with eight deaths each.

The region of Curitiba, also the highest number of cases confirmed cases, 844, followed by the region of Curitiba, 294, Londrina, 237, and Foz do Iguacu, 211.

Of the 2480 confirmed cases, 142 had complications and died as equivalent to 5%. Of the total of confirmed deaths, 53% were women and 47% men. With respect to age, 64% were between 20 and 49 years and 20% were between 49 and 59 years.

The deaths occurred between 14 July and 20 August, however, required the laboratory result to be confirmed. Central Laboratory of the State (Lacen) reports that on Sunday (23) resets the queue awaiting examination report.

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Rio Grande do Sul, registers nine swine flu deaths

Plant?o | Posted on 21/08/2009 at 18h23m
O Globo


SAO PAULO - The State Center for Health Monitoring, Rio Grande do Sul confirmed nine deaths caused by swine influenza in the state. The deaths occurred between July 21 and August 21 in the cities of San Gabriel, Santa Maria, Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande, Gramado, Santa Rosa, Niteroi, and Caxias do Sul Passo Fundo. All the victims were adults and one of them was pregnant. Now, Rio Grande do Sul sum 93 killed by influenza A.

Source: http://g1.globo.com/Sites/Especiais/...OVA+GRIPE.html

21/08/09 - 18:35 - Updated 21/08/09 - 18:44

RS confirmed nine deaths because of the new flu

The government says the deaths occurred between July 21 to August 21.
State total 93 dead due to Influenza A virus (H1N1).

G1, in S?o Paulo

The State Center for Health Survey confirmed this Friday (21), nine more deaths due to the new flu in Rio Grande do Sul According to the State Health Department, the deaths occurred between July 21 and August 21. Now, the state sum 93 dead because of the Influenza A virus (H1N1).

Most confirmations were made by laboratory tests done FioCruz in Rio de Janeiro.
See where the deaths:

- Female, 38 years in San Gabriel (resident in Vila Nova do Sul) - July 21

- Man, 52 years in Santa Maria (resident in East Sussex) - July 29

- Man, Cachoeira do Sul (resident in the city) - August 4

- Man, 45, in Rio Grande (resident in the city) - August 4

- Man, 29 years in Gramado (residing in the city) - August 9

- Female, 58 years in Santa Rosa (resident in the city) - August 10

- Female, 38 years in Wilderville (resident in Faxinalzinho) - August 16

- Man, 36 years, in Caxias do Sul (resident in Antonio Prado) - August 19

- Man, 46 years, in Passo Fundo (resident in Marau) - August 21


Paran?

The Department of Health of Santa Catarina confirmed this Friday, the 11th death caused by new flu. The victim is a man of 49 years who lived in South Lind?ia (SC).
The patient was hospitalized at San Francisco, Concordia (SC). He presented the first symptoms on July 28, was hospitalized on August 5 and died on Monday, August 17th.
In the state, have been confirmed 199 cases of the disease.

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G1O Times Today's Globe

21/08/09 - 18:54 - Updated 21/08/09 - 18:54
Sao Paulo has 179 killed by the new flu, says official assessment

Enable statistical was released in the late afternoon this Friday (21).
Department of Health suggests careful hygiene habits.

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The State Secretariat of Health of Sao Paulo said on Friday (21) that 179 people died from infection with the influenza A (H1N1).



The secretariat has strengthened guidance to persons with flu symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose and body aches, among others) to follow the guidance of their physician regarding isolation at home. He also urged more careful with hygiene habits.


The mayor of Sao Paulo recommended the server writes to avoid situations that may facilitate exposure to the new flu virus. The Municipal Modernization, Management and Disbureaucratization states that employees should not be prolonged in places where there are agglomerations or sick people.

According to the folder, the decision was made after finding that pregnant women are part of "one of the groups at greatest risk for morbidity and mortality due to influenza A (H1N1)."

In practice, the servers should be relocated to perform functions that do not require direct contact with strangers. For example: a pregnant clerk in a Basic Health Unit (BHU) should now work in the service of their own internal UBS, according to the advice of City Hall.

If there is no possibility of relocation, the ordinance states that are considered "legal alternatives temporarily removed along the [...] interested."

Pregnant women who develop symptoms of the new flu should seek "the doctor immediately, preferably one that performs its prenatal care, for clinical evaluation and indication for treatment or hospitalization." The ordinance went into effect Wednesday.

Source: http://oglobo.globo.com/cidades/mat/...-766582405.asp

Swine flu: SP registers over 45 deaths and number of victims rises to 179

Plantão | Posted on 21/08/2009 at 18h59m
O Globo

SAO PAULO - The Health Secretariat of Sao Paulo confirmed on Friday killed over 45 people for flu, bringing the number of deaths in the state to 179. The deaths occurred between days 14 and 21 August. The list contained two women and eight children, five with one year of age. Not all the victims had serious health problems.

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21/08/2009 17:26
Swine flu may have killed 5 people in 3 days at HU Dourados (Matto Grosso do Sul)

Joao Prestes

Hours after release bulletin, the Department of Health Dourados recorded another death in the University Hospital of the city on suspicion of swine flu. A woman of 50 years, Amambai, had been hospitalized since November 13. Now we are five dead in just three days in HU-MS.

Besides this woman, another patient, a man of 45 years, not living in Dourados, was Navira?, was taken for medical treatment in the city and died yesterday. This patient was not collected material for examination.

Among the three deaths investigated in Dourados is the girl of four years of age who died this morning at University Hospital. The other deaths occurred 18 days, a boy of 23 years and 19 days, a man of 31 years of age. All were hospitalized at University Hospital.

In Campo Grande, according to Health Secretary of the council, Eric Tayag, also killed four people suspected of swine flu, but has already left the outcome of a patient exam, and was negative. So being investigated three cases.

Also in Ponta Pora one death is being investigated and another in Amambai. For now, it is confirmed only the death of teacher Ana Paula, Three Ponds, the first victim of swine influenza in the state, who died earlier this month.

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Source: http://noticias.terra.com.br/gripesu...+Pais+tem.html

Friday, August 21, 2009, 19:08 Updated at 19:40
SP and Rio confirmed 49 deaths from flu fever; country has 464

The Departments of Health of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro issued new balance with the number of deaths caused by swine flu in the States. According to the data, in Sao Paulo were confirmed 45 more deaths, while in Rio, four more deaths were recorded. With this brings to 464 the number of fatal victims of swine influenza in Brazil.

The new cases bring to 179 the number of deaths in Sao Paulo. According to the secretariat, the deaths occurred between last Friday, the 14th, and today.

In Rio, the new cases bring to 47 the number of deaths. According to the secretariat, the victims are a woman of 24 years had cirrhosis, a man of 56 years who had hypertension, a man of 57 years who had heart and a woman of 26 years with immunosuppression.

The other deaths were reported in Brazil in Paran? (119), Rio Grande do Sul (93), Rio de Janeiro (43), Santa Catarina (11), Delhi (6) Para?ba (2), Mato Grosso do Sul ( 1), Bahia (1), Distrito Federal (1), Pernambuco (1), Pernambuco (1), Par? (1) and Amazon (1).

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I'm keeping a tally by state and have a total of 489. Here is my tally, but I could easily be missing a few.

Acre 0
Alagoas 0
Amapa 0
Amazonas 1
Bahia 1
Ceara 0
Distrito Federal 1
Espirito Santo 0
Goias 0
Maranhao 0
Matto Grosso 0
Matto Grosso do Sul 1
Minas Gerais 8
Para 2
Paraiba 2
Parana 142
Pernambuco 1
Piaui 0
Rio de Janeiro 45
Rio Grande do Norte 0
Rio Grande do Sul 93
Rondonia 1
Roraima 1
Santa Catarina 11
Sao Paolo 179
Sergipe 0
Tocantins 0

Total 489

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H1N1 has killed 487 people in the country

Plant?o | Posted on 21/08/2009 at 19h19m
Reuters / Brazil Online

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The H1N1 bird flu has killed at least 487 deaths in the country, according to data from state departments of Health

Friday, Sao Paulo updated the data and sum up 179 deaths. The state is the worst affected in the country.

Were also confirmed new deaths in Paran? (142 deaths), in Rio Grande do Sul (93), in Rio de Janeiro (47) and Santa Catarina (11), State during an emergency by the disease since August 3.

Minas Gerais has six deaths and Para?ba, two, according to state departments of Health

Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Par?, Pernambuco and Paran? had one death each.

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health issued new stock of flu in the country and found that the decrease in the absolute number of serious cases by the new virus last week may be a sign of retreat from primary disease in the country.

At that time, Brazil was the third largest number of deaths by the new flu in the world, behind the United States and Argentina, but ahead of Mexico, the epicenter of the global pandemic of the disease.

(By Hugo Bachega; Edition Michel Blanco)

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New flu kills 2 more children in Campinas and Ribeir?o
Campinas region now total 38 deaths caused by disease

21/08/2009 - 19:47

EPTV

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The new flu killed two more children in the region. In Ribeirao Preto, a girl of 8 years died on Friday (21) Hospital das Clinicas. In Campinas, the victim confirmed Friday is a boy, but the exact age was not disclosed. According to the Department of Health, he had between 5 and 9 years and died ten days ago. The boy was hospitalized in a private hospital and had another disease before the flu.

With these confirmations, the number of fatal victims of Influenza A (H1N1) grew to 12 in Campinas. In the region of Campinas, deaths caused by the disease have already reached 38.

In Ribeirao Preto is the second recorded death - the first, also a boy of 11 years, was confirmed on Monday. In the region of Ribeir?o, the death toll rose to three.


Check the numbers of the new flu in the regions of Campinas and Ribeir?o:

Confirmed deaths

Americana ? 02
Amparo ? 01
Buritizal - 01
Campinas - 12
Cosm?polis - 01
Hortol?ndia - 01
Indaiatuba - 02
Itapira - 01
Limeira - 03
Mogi Gua?u - 01
Mogi Mirim - 02
Nova Odessa ? 02
Piracicaba ? 03
Ribeir?o Preto - 02
Santa Barbara d'Oeste - 01
Socorro - 01
Sumar? - 02
Valinhos - 03

Coroner (Suspected?)

Americana ? 01
Bebedouro - 01
Campinas - 02
Limeira ? 01
Mogi Mirim ? 01
Ribeir?o Preto - 01
Vinhedo - 02

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21.08.2009 | 19:40

Brazil confirmed 81 more deaths from swine flu

Total deaths in the country reaches 488; Sao Paulo is the state with the largest number, 179 deaths

Folha Online
The Departments of Health of Sao Paulo, Parana, Rio and Rio Grande do Sul confirmed on Friday, a total of 81 more deaths due to the swine flu - influenza A (H1N1). Only in Sao Paulo, the total number of deaths jumped from 134 - Balance as of the last 11 days - to 179 this Friday. With the confirmations, the number of deaths in the country rises to at least 488.

In Paran?, were confirmed 23 more deaths, and the total rose to 142 in the state. Since the Rio Grande do Sul has reported nine more deaths, bringing to 93 the number of victims.

In Rio de Janeiro, the total number of victims has now risen to 47, with four new confirmations this Friday.

Earlier, Santa Catarina was the 11th confirmed death in the state - which is in an emergency since the 3rd of August due to illness.

Sao Paulo is the state with the largest number of deaths in the country due to influenza A (H1N1), with 179 confirmed deaths. Paran? is the second in number of victims (142), followed by Rio Grande do Sul (93), Rio (47), Santa Catarina (11), Minas (8), Para?ba (2), Bahia (1), Par? (1), Rond?nia (1), Mato Grosso do Sul (1) and Amazon (1), the Federal District (1).

Emergency

The city of Florian?polis (SC) ordered this week state of emergency to contain the spread of influenza A (H1N1) in the city. According to the Secretary of Health of Florianopolis, the measure aims to prevent the spread of the virus in the city, considered an important national tourist pole.

Since Aug. 3, the state is in a state of emergency due to illness - the Order valid for 180 days. Besides Florian?polis, Santa Catarina 19 other cities also enacted an emergency situation due to influenza, according to the State Civil Defense...

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An example of why some deaths may be missed!
Source: http://www.clicrbs.com.br/anoticia/j...70&section=885

August 2, 2009.
CONTROVERSY ON DEATH
Victim was taken in a private laboratory, but the result is not recognized by Health in Joinville

The case was supposed to be the first death from suspected influenza A in Joinville is in the midst of a controversy.

The examination of a private laboratory says that a 27 year old man died from the H1N1 virus earlier this month. But the Municipal Health Secretariat does not recognize the cause of death and awaiting tests referred to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Rio de Janeiro (RJ).

The non-recognition of death, even with a survey showing that the victim had contracted influenza A, is a determination of the Ministry of Health

According to Puerto Rican Epidemiological Surveillance of Joinville, Carin Albino, the council is unable to confirm the information. She recognizes that the death of 27 year old man is in the list of the five deaths being investigated by the Department of Health "escalated tests on June 30. The case was serious and we are awaiting official response from the laboratory, "he explains.

The victim of influenza A have done in a private laboratory examinations of Blumenau at the request of the Hospital Regional Hans Dieter Schmidt, where he was hospitalized in serious condition. The test was asked to facilitate the treatment. "Public hospitals ask for laboratory tests of private clinics to expedite service. This is natural, but to get the statistics you must have proof of official laboratories, "says Carin.

The examinations for evidence of influenza A in Joinville are taking about a month to be delivered by Fiocruz. On the list are five deaths that would cause as influenza A. The Health Department asks that people with symptoms are not tests in private laboratories.

JOINVILLE

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Woman dies of suspected bird flu in new Bebedouro still investigating another death (Sao Paulo state)

22/08/2009 - 18:59

EPTV


A woman of 46 years died of suspected new bird flu on the morning of Saturday (22), in Sorocaba, Ribeir?o Preto. The victim, who was Martel began to feel ill on Monday (17) and was taken to hospital. As his condition worsened on Wednesday (19), she was taken to a hospital in Sorocaba, where he died.

According to the funeral, despite the new case of influenza has not been confirmed, the family decided to seal the coffin as a safety measure. The Samaritan Hospital Unimed, in Trough, has not yet ruled on the matter. According to the Santa Casa de Martel, was collecting material for the exam.

In the region of Ribeir?o Preto, have already been confirmed three deaths from the new flu. Two deaths and one in Ribeir?o Buritizal. Other two deaths, one in Drinking and one in Stream, are still being investigated.

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http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/468149-101275-0-Brasil-registra-487-muertos-influenza-A-y-est%C3%A1-segundo-cantidad-fallecidos

24-08-09
Brazil recorded 487 deaths from influenza A and are second in number of deaths

The influenza A/H1N1 has already caused at least 487 deaths in Brazil, according to data released by state health departments.

On Friday, Sao Paulo updated its statistics and reported that 179 deaths add deaths there. It is the state most affected by the disease in the country.

They were also confirmed new deaths in Paran? (142), Rio Grande so Sul (93), Rio de Janeiro (47) and Santa Catarina (11).

Meanwhile, Minas Gerais and Para?ba sum six deaths, two as the Secretariats of Health in those states. Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Par?, Pernambuco and Rondonia reported one death each.

Last Tuesday, the Ministry of Health had reported a balance of the new flu situation in the country, and had considered that the decrease in the total number of serious cases by the new virus could be a preliminary indication of the decline of the illness in Brazilian lands.

At that time, Brazil was the third highest number of deaths due to influenza A in the world (with 368), behind the United States (477) and Argentina (404).

However, the new figures rank him second in number of deaths. In the first place are the United States (522) and, third, Argentina (439).


Source: Reuters

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Ribeir?o Preto confirms third death from swine flu

Plant?o | Posted on 24/08/2009 at 14h23m
EPTVs

SAO PAULO - The Health Secretariat of Ribeir?o Preto, 330 kilometers from the state capital, confirmed the third death from bird flu in the new municipality. The victim is a man of 23 years who was hospitalized for a month because of illness. He was a resident of a care entity where there was a confirmed outbreak of the disease in July, which infected 17 people. This is the first case of adult killed by new strain in Ribeirao Preto. The other two confirmed deaths were a 11 year old boy and a girl of 8 years.

Ribeir?o Preto has 72 new confirmed cases of influenza. The city is also investigating 13 suspicious deaths. There are still 44 cases awaiting results of tests for confirmation of the new flu.

In Cravinhos, also in S?o Paulo, the Secretary of Health is awaiting the results of tests to confirm if the death of a man of 48 years, held on Saturday was caused by new flu. According to the victim's family, he began experiencing symptoms on August 19. The town still has one more suspected case of disease.

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Rio Grande do Sul already has 94 deaths per swine flu

Plant?o | Posted on 24/08/2009 at 15h48m
ClicRBS


PORTO ALEGRE - Rio Grande do Sul has 94 total casualties for the new flu, according to information released by the State Secretary of Health of Rio Grande do Sul on Monday, was recorded over a death in the city of Caxias do Sul, the day August 22. The victim was male, was 25 years and worked as a driver. According to the secretary, he had no preexisting conditions and lived in the town of San Marcos. The state has at least 120 dams in examinations FioCruz, still awaiting confirmation as cases of H1N1.

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The second confirmed death from swine flu in MS
Monday, August 24, 2009 14:44 Report error | Comments (0)
Helio de Freitas, de Dourados

It was the second confirmed death from swine flu in Mato Grosso do Sul State is a Douradense of 31 years who died on 19th of this month, according to recently released report by the Municipal Health Secretariat of Dourados.

According to Roberto Oliveira, an epidemiologist at the Center for Epidemiological Surveillance of the municipality, death due to infection by the influenza A (H1N1) was confirmed by examination of the Adolfo Lutz (S?o Paulo), sent Monday to Dourados.

The death of Douradense is second from the swine flu confirmed in Mato Grosso do Sul's first confirmed victim of the disease was a public servant Ana Paula Elias Guinda, 24, who lives in Tr?s Lagoas. She presented the first symptoms on July 20, was hospitalized and died on 3rd of this month. The confirmation took place on the 18th.