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  • #16
    Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

    New York State case updates 5/9/09:

    As of 5:00 AM on Saturday 5/9/09, here are the New York state case numbers.

    Confirmed H1N1 Cases (outside NYC):


    Chautauqua - 1
    Cortland - 1
    Lewis - 1
    Monroe - 1
    Nassau - 8
    Onondaga - 2
    Orange- 3
    Suffolk - 5
    Westchester - 2

    Suspected flu cases with results still pending (outside NYC):

    Albany - 1
    Chautauqua - 1
    Delaware - 1
    Genesee - 1
    Herkimer - 1
    Lewis - 4
    Madison - 4
    Monroe - 16
    Niagara - 2
    Ontario - 2
    Oswego - 1
    Otsego - 1
    Seneca - 1
    Wayne - 1 (hospitalized)
    Westchester - 5
    Wyoming - 1

    *Chemung is not reporting suspected cases



    CDC H1N1 Flu Website lists Confirmed New York State Flu Cases at 174
    Friday May 8, 2009 11:00 AM


    http://cdc.gov/h1n1flu/update.htm#statetable


    Exerpts of Statement by Richard F. Daines, Commissioner of New York State Department of Health:

    May 8, 2009

    The outbreak of H1N1 in New York State continues to involve mild to moderate symptoms similar to seasonal flu.
    Since we are not seeing an increase in the severity of illness in New York State, DOH will begin monitoring and reporting on the virus as it does for seasonal influenza.
    This will be the last daily briefing, but DOH will reconvene briefings as necessary to update the public on any significant issues that may arise.
    Thursday tests at Wadsworth lab resulted in one new case outside of NYC, in Onondaga County. Case is linked to the Ed Smith School
    On Monday Wadsworth Laboratories received a large batch of 102 specimens from the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System. These are specimens collected about 10 days ago when the outbreak in Queens connected to St. Francis Preparatory School was in the news. On Thursday, we reported on specimens in that batch that involved individuals who reside in Nassau and Suffolk counties, resulting in eight cases identified in Nassau County and five cases in Suffolk County.
    Today I have the results of New York City specimens in that batch, which include 75 patient specimens from New York City now confirmed with H1N1. Fifty of these 75 cases, or over 65 percent, have a direct link to the St. Francis School outbreak, and represent students and faculty there.
    The remaining 25 cases involve children under high-school age and could represent siblings of the St. Francis students, but that cannot be fully determined until the epidemiological investigations are completed.
    Because these specimens are from the first days of the outbreak in New York State more than a week ago, they do not indicate active cases, and we believe these individuals have fully recovered. However, we felt it important to brief you on the results of the large batch of older specimens from North Shore-LIJ, as these numbers when added to our current map graphic on our web site will indicate a rather substantial jump in the overall New York City cases.
    At this point in the outbreak, reporting daily numbers of new cases is not important because the illness continues to be mild to moderate, similar to seasonal influenza. The numbers are also not particularly significant because they only represent lab-tested specimens, and many individuals with mild symptoms do not go to a physician or hospital, but instead, recover at home ? as has been our advice for some time.
    As we go forward, the focus of our monitoring and reporting will be more on identifying new locations, trends, and patterns of the H1N1 virus, as well as watching for more severe disease. The test results from the North Shore-LIJ specimens will help us to better understand the early phase of H1N1 in New York and how it has spread geographically over time.

    Read the full statement here
    http://www.health.state.ny.us/press/..._swine_flu.htm

    ***At this time the official case numbers being reported in New York are not an accurate representation of true H1N1 infections in our state, as stated by Commissioner Daines. It appears that state health officials are also no longer currently testing for the virus, except for areas of new outbreaks, and will not be offering daily updates on the situation except if and when there are changes. It seems pointless for me to continue updating this thread every day, especially since the small number of official lab-tested cases are overwhelmed by the anecdotal evidence that swine flu is everywhere in our state and spreading. I will keep combing through the news reports anyway and when I find new information about New York State I will post it here, including resolutions of the suspected case lists outside NYC, if they are ever resolved.

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    • #17
      Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

      Statement from Richard F. Daines, M.D., Commissioner

      May 8, 2009
      In the two weeks since the first cases of H1N1 (swine flu) were reported in New York State, Governor Paterson marshaled a comprehensive health emergency response to the possibility of a severe H1N1 outbreak statewide.
      Because of Governor Paterson's quick action, the State Department of Health (DOH) immediately activated its Health Emergency Preparedness Plan, and during these two weeks we have determined that the H1N1 outbreak has not produced widespread infections or severe symptoms.
      As Governor Paterson has noted, the outbreak of H1N1 in New York State continues to involve mild to moderate symptoms similar to seasonal flu.
      Over the past two weeks, the Governor and DOH have provided daily briefings on the most recent developments and have closely monitored the spread of the disease and its effect on New Yorkers.
      Since we are not seeing an increase in the severity of illness in New York State, and the symptoms of H1N1 continue to be similar to seasonal flu, DOH will begin monitoring and reporting on the virus as it does for seasonal influenza.
      This will be the last daily briefing, but DOH will reconvene briefings as necessary to update the public on any significant issues that may arise.
      On Thursday, DOH's Wadsworth Laboratories performed tests on recently obtained specimens from 20 individuals, including two repeats from the prior day. The tests resulted in one new case of H1N1 outside of New York City, involving an individual who resides in Onondaga County. This individual has a known link to the Ed Smith School, which had a case that we reported earlier.
      Nine specimens were positive for seasonal influenza A, eight were negative for any type of flu, and one was inconclusive and requires additional testing. Another case is currently undergoing further investigation.
      I want to note that testing at Wadsworth Laboratories has identified only one new case of H1N1 outside of New York City on recently collected specimens from the last five days.
      At this time, I also want to mention that our Wadsworth Laboratories tested 83 specimens for seasonal influenza B, the other type of seasonal influenza that is circulating this flu season. Of these specimens, five tested positive for seasonal influenza B.
      Testing for seasonal influenza B had been deferred because testing for H1N1 influenza was our highest priority. With the addition of these seasonal influenza B results, to date our total number of positive cases for seasonal flu is 61.
      As I reported previously, on Monday Wadsworth Laboratories received a large batch of 102 specimens from the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System (North Shore-LIJ) for laboratory confirmatory testing. These are specimens collected about 10 days ago when the outbreak in Queens connected to St. Francis Preparatory School was in the news. These older specimens underwent preliminary testing at North Shore-LIJ laboratories. The clinical needs of these patients were appropriately addressed.
      The Department carefully sorted through the specimens to eliminate any that were duplications of testing previously performed and to identify the county of residence of these individuals.
      On Thursday, we reported on specimens in that batch that involved individuals who reside in Nassau and Suffolk counties, resulting in eight cases identified in Nassau County and five cases in Suffolk County.
      Today I have the results of New York City specimens in that batch, which include 75 patient specimens from New York City now confirmed with H1N1. Fifty of these 75 cases, or over 65 percent, have a direct link to the St. Francis School outbreak, and represent students and faculty there.
      The remaining 25 cases involve children under high-school age and could represent siblings of the St. Francis students, but that cannot be fully determined until the epidemiological investigations are completed.
      Because these specimens are from the first days of the outbreak in New York State more than a week ago, they do not indicate active cases, and we believe these individuals have fully recovered. However, we felt it important to brief you on the results of the large batch of older specimens from North Shore-LIJ, as these numbers when added to our current map graphic on our web site will indicate a rather substantial jump in the overall New York City cases.
      At this point in the outbreak, reporting daily numbers of new cases is not important because the illness continues to be mild to moderate, similar to seasonal influenza. The numbers are also not particularly significant because they only represent lab-tested specimens, and many individuals with mild symptoms do not go to a physician or hospital, but instead, recover at home – as has been our advice for some time.
      As we go forward, the focus of our monitoring and reporting will be more on identifying new locations, trends, and patterns of the H1N1 virus, as well as watching for more severe disease. The test results from the North Shore-LIJ specimens will help us to better understand the early phase of H1N1 in New York and how it has spread geographically over time.
      As I mentioned earlier, we are entering a new phase in our response to this outbreak, and Governor Paterson has asked that I only provide updates when there are important new developments.
      New Yorkers with questions about swine flu can call the DOH hotline at 1-800-808-1987. New York City residents should call 311.
      More information and resources are available on the Department's Web site at www.nyhealth.gov/swineflu.

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      • #18
        Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

        <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05100902/Swine_H1N1_NY_HS.html">Commentary</a>

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        • #19
          Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

          From Dr. Niman's Commentary:

          The identity between H1N1 in Mexico and the US (as well as all other countries submitting sequence data - see list of isolates here), raises concerns that the silent spread will produce frequent co-infections between swine and seasonal H1N1. These co-infections can produce genetic exchanges between human and swine isolates via reassortment and recombination.

          This type of rapid genetic evolution between human and swine H1N1 raises concerns that a more virulent H1N1 will emerge in the near term, and lead to a significant rise on severe cases in the fall, when the flu season begins in the northern hemisphere.
          So come next Fall, in the US..will the CDC be testing for both Swine H1N1 and Seasonal H1N1 separately, for their weekly updates? How will that go?

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          • #20
            Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

            Originally posted by Commonground View Post
            From Dr. Niman's Commentary:



            So come next Fall, in the US..will the CDC be testing for both Swine H1N1 and Seasonal H1N1 separately, for their weekly updates? How will that go?
            Poorly.

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            • #21
              Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

              Originally posted by niman View Post
              Poorly.
              Just what I expected to hear from you.

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              • #22
                Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

                Oh joy! The NYS Department of Health is doing my job for me now. They've printed up a very handy map outlining # of confirmed cases throughout the state.

                http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseas..._by_county.pdf

                Confirmed cases as of May 14, 2009:

                Chautauqua - 1
                Cortland - 1
                Erie - 1
                Lewis - 1
                Monroe - 1
                Nassau - 18
                Onondaga - 5
                Orange - 3
                Saratoga - 1
                Suffolk - 17
                Washington - 1
                Westchester - 13

                and NYC is at 167 confirmed cases.

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                • #23
                  Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

                  NYS DOH Confirmed Cases in New York State as of 5/22/09 -

                  Albany: 1
                  Clinton: 1
                  Cortland: 1
                  Chautauqua: 1
                  Erie: 17
                  Greene: 1
                  Lewis: 1
                  Monroe: 2
                  Nassau: 38
                  Niagra: 1
                  Orange: 3
                  Onondaga: 11
                  Rockland: 5
                  Saratoga: 1
                  Suffolk: 21
                  Sullivan: 1
                  Washington: 1
                  Westchester: 19

                  New York City: 240

                  State Total Confirmed Cases: 366

                  http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseas..._by_county.pdf



                  *** This information only gives confirmed locations of H1N1, not the extent of the outbreak.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

                    Thank you appleblossom for this thread.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

                      Happy to help! To be honest I only started this thread because I wanted to know what was happening in my state, and no one else on Flutrackers was posting about it. So I started doing my own research and putting it up for others to read. Feel free to add additional info anytime.

                      I've been sticking to posting DOH numbers recently but they are dismally inaccurate, basically a joke. Comprehensive testing has all but stopped in NY, which makes it impossible to know what's really happening. And combing through the "spin" coverage of H1N1 offered by local newspapers and tv stations was making me so mad I had to stop that for a while. Now that people are dying I guess the MSM might start treating this seriously again.

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                      • #26
                        Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

                        NYS DOH Confirmed Cases in New York State as of 5/26/09 -

                        Albany: 1
                        Clinton: 2
                        Cortland: 1
                        Chautauqua: 1
                        Dutchess: 2
                        Erie: 17
                        Greene: 1
                        Lewis: 1
                        Monroe: 2
                        Nassau: 38
                        Niagra: 1
                        Orange: 3
                        Onondaga: 12
                        Rockland: 5
                        Saratoga: 1
                        Suffolk: 23
                        Sullivan: 1
                        Washington: 1
                        Westchester: 19

                        New York City: 330

                        State Total Confirmed Cases: 462

                        http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseas..._by_county.pdf



                        *** This information only gives confirmed locations of H1N1, not the extent of the outbreak.

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                        • #27
                          Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

                          News updates for 5/26/09:

                          Reported by the Post-Standard in Syracuse, NY:

                          Swine Flu tally rises to 12 in Onondaga County. Latest case is a young child (not school age) who has had contact with an H1N1 infected student at Bellevue Elementary. Currently no increase in hospitalizations or emergency room visits in the Syracuse area.

                          http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.s..._to_12_in.html


                          Reported by the Times Herald-Record in Albany, NY:

                          Confirmed Cases of Swine Flu Rise to 462 in New York. 96 new cases. Current total outside NYC is 132 cases in 19 counties, newest cases are 1 in Clinton, 1 in Onondaga, 2 in Dutchess, 2 in Suffolk. NYC has 90 new cases. (This article reports 2 deaths but current total is 4 deaths in NYC.)

                          http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbc...EWS90/90526026

                          Reported by Mid Hudson News:

                          2 confirmed cases in Dutchess County. One is a "middle to high school age" male, one is a 20-something male, both now recovered.

                          http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/20...DC-26May09.htm

                          No news articles about the newest Clinton County case that I could find. The local paper in Plattsburgh, the Press Republican, has nothing to say about it. And the Clinton County Department of Health website has not been updated since their first case was identified on 5/15/09.

                          http://www.clintoncountygov.com/Depa...h/cchdhome.htm

                          Also could find no news articles about the newest Suffolk county cases. But Newsday.com (covering Long Island) had plenty of articles with today's date about NYC schools reopening. The Suffolk County Department of Health H1N1 webpage has not been updated since 5/8/09.

                          http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/depar...ices/H1N1.aspx

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                          • #28
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                            News updates for 5/27/09:

                            Reported by EmpireStateNews.net :

                            Suffolk County total cases now at 23. The 2 new cases are both toddlers. One in Farmingdale and one in Hampton Bays. Both recovering at home. The Hampton Bays case is the first confirmed case of H1N1 in Eastern Suffolk County. Ages of victims in Suffolk range from 1 to 51. The median age is 12.

                            http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20090527-2.html

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                            • #29
                              Re: Confirmed/Suspected Cases in New York State outside NYC

                              NYS DOH Confirmed Cases in New York State as of 5/27/09 -

                              Albany: 1
                              Broome: 1
                              Clinton: 2
                              Cortland: 1
                              Chautauqua: 1
                              Dutchess: 2
                              Erie: 23
                              Greene: 1
                              Lewis: 1
                              Monroe: 3
                              Nassau: 40
                              Niagra: 1
                              Orange: 3
                              Onondaga: 14
                              Rockland: 5
                              Saratoga: 1
                              Schenectady: 3
                              Suffolk: 40
                              Sullivan: 1
                              Washington: 1
                              Westchester: 20

                              New York City: 356

                              State Total Confirmed Cases: 521

                              http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseas..._by_county.pdf



                              *** This information only gives confirmed locations of H1N1, not the extent of the outbreak.

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                              • #30
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                                News updates for 5/28/09:

                                Reported by WBGH in Binghamton, NY:

                                Broome County H1N1 case has no history of travel to Mexico or downstate. Patient is an adult with no school connections, has not been hospitalized, and is now recovering.

                                http://www.newschannel34.com/news/lo...i3nU32wyw.cspx

                                Reported by WNYT 13 in Albany, NY:

                                3 cases confirmed in Schenectady County. One is a student at Schenectady High School, who has since recovered. The other two are adults located elsewhere in the county, both are recovering at home. There is no known link between the 3 cases.

                                http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S950257.shtml?cat=300

                                Reported by Newsday.com covering Long Island and NYC:

                                New swine flu cases and large numbers of students with flu-like illness closing more schools in NYC and Long Island. Henry Viscardi School in Albertson, a school for disabled children, was the latest to close due to high absentee rate and flu symptoms in both students and staff. 13 more schools close in NYC, with another planned closing in Manhattan. Health officials are suggesting prophylactic anti-viral treatment for all students at Henry Viscardi. The school shares a campus with a disabled work-program for adults, which has not experienced high absentee rates and will not be closed.

                                Quote from the article:
                                Dr. Scott Harper, a city Health Department epidemiologist, said scientists are currently focusing on how many people are becoming ill and the severity of their symptoms.

"The big picture is not the number of deaths in any given city," Harper said. "The big picture is how many cases are occurring."

No data exists that shows swine flu spreading more in densely populated cities like New York than in rural or suburban areas, Harper said.
                                http://www.newsday.com/news/printedi...,2229528.story


                                ** Most of the articles on Erie County and Monroe County cases are at least a week old, so I'm still looking for updated information on those areas. Can't find any info on the newest Suffolk and Nassau cases yet.

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