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Swine flu claims 4th
victim in Hills. Co.
Updated: Thursday, 06 Aug 2009, 4:05 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 06 Aug 2009, 4:05 PM EDT
TAMPA - Health officials says say a fourth person has died from swine flu in Hillsborough County.
They say the death was a 50-year-old man with underlying medical conditions.
His death brings the total of laboratory-confirmed H1N1 deaths to 41 in Florida.
Of the three other deaths in Hillsborough County, one was a 28-year-old woman whose death was reported earlier this week. The others were men in their 40s. All three had underlying medical conditions.
Medical experts estimate that 36,000 people die from "regular" flu every year.
Federal health officials have sent testing supplies to the state's four labs, allowing state technicians to test samples without the additional step of sending them to the Centers for Disease Control.
The Florida Department of Health reports a total of 3,321 confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu.
Health officials are urging Floridians to seek medical help if they feel sick, to wash hands frequently, practice good hygiene and to stay home if they feel ill.
Swine flu claims 4th
victim in Hills. Co.
Updated: Thursday, 06 Aug 2009, 4:05 PM EDT
Published : Thursday, 06 Aug 2009, 4:05 PM EDT
TAMPA - Health officials says say a fourth person has died from swine flu in Hillsborough County.
They say the death was a 50-year-old man with underlying medical conditions.
His death brings the total of laboratory-confirmed H1N1 deaths to 41 in Florida.
Of the three other deaths in Hillsborough County, one was a 28-year-old woman whose death was reported earlier this week. The others were men in their 40s. All three had underlying medical conditions.
Medical experts estimate that 36,000 people die from "regular" flu every year.
Federal health officials have sent testing supplies to the state's four labs, allowing state technicians to test samples without the additional step of sending them to the Centers for Disease Control.
The Florida Department of Health reports a total of 3,321 confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu.
Health officials are urging Floridians to seek medical help if they feel sick, to wash hands frequently, practice good hygiene and to stay home if they feel ill.