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Indiana reports second death from H1N1 flu
Posted: July 17, 2009
Indiana now has two deaths related to the H1N1 flu, state health officials announced today.
A Lake County resident died from complications related to the disease, also known as swine flu, State Health Commissioner Dr. Judy Monroe said in a news release. The previous death was reported last week in Dearborn County, near Cincinnati.
Monroe said the health department will release no information about the second victim, citing confidentiality concerns.
?It is a sad reminder influenza has the potential to cause serious disease or even death,? Monroe said in the release.
State health officials are working with the Lake County Health Department to investigate the case, the release said. Officials have already communicated with close contacts or healthcare providers who may have been exposed to the disease, according to the release.
There have been 283 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Indiana since the end of April. Marion and Lake counties have seen the bulk of the cases, with 107 and 111, respectively. Nationwide, there have been at least 37,246 cases and 211 deaths.
Forty Indiana residents who have contracted the illness have been hospitalized.
The only other Hoosier fatality was Matt McIntosh, 19, who died July 5. His sister, 26-year-old Katrina McIntosh, Dillsboro, also has the disease and was in critical condition at University Hospital in Cincinnati
Indiana reports second death from H1N1 flu
Posted: July 17, 2009
Indiana now has two deaths related to the H1N1 flu, state health officials announced today.
A Lake County resident died from complications related to the disease, also known as swine flu, State Health Commissioner Dr. Judy Monroe said in a news release. The previous death was reported last week in Dearborn County, near Cincinnati.
Monroe said the health department will release no information about the second victim, citing confidentiality concerns.
?It is a sad reminder influenza has the potential to cause serious disease or even death,? Monroe said in the release.
State health officials are working with the Lake County Health Department to investigate the case, the release said. Officials have already communicated with close contacts or healthcare providers who may have been exposed to the disease, according to the release.
There have been 283 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Indiana since the end of April. Marion and Lake counties have seen the bulk of the cases, with 107 and 111, respectively. Nationwide, there have been at least 37,246 cases and 211 deaths.
Forty Indiana residents who have contracted the illness have been hospitalized.
The only other Hoosier fatality was Matt McIntosh, 19, who died July 5. His sister, 26-year-old Katrina McIntosh, Dillsboro, also has the disease and was in critical condition at University Hospital in Cincinnati
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