6th Utah A/H1N1 death

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Source: http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10542639&nav=menu554_2_3

Sixth Utahn dies from swine flu-related illness

Associated Press - June 16, 2009 2:55 PM ET

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A sixth person in Utah has died of swine flu-related illness.

Ilene Risk, an epidemiologist with the Salt Lake Valley Health Department, says tests confirmed Tuesday the swine flu-related death of a man from Salt Lake County who died Friday.

The news follows the death of an adult woman from Salt Lake County who died Monday.

Pam Davenport, a county health spokeswoman, says the woman had pre-existing underlying health conditions that might have contributed to her death. She declined to offer specifics on the case.

Two other Utah residents died from swine flu-related illness over the weekend.

All six who have died in Utah have been from Salt Lake County.

 

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Re: 6th Utah A/H1N1 death

Source: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705310889,00.html


Sixth Utah death from H1N1 flu confirmed
Published: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:21 p.m. MDT


Health officials have confirmed that a man who died Saturday had Novel Influenza H1N1 ? the sixth confirmed death in Utah since the worldwide flu pandemic began.

Salt Lake Valley Health Department spokeswoman Pamela Davenport said the man, identified only as being between ages 25 and 50, died Saturday, but officials did not receive confirmation that he had the flu until Tuesday morning.

All six individuals died in Salt Lake County. Davenport said that is not surprising, given the large population and the presence of some of the state's largest hospitals.

Davenport said that 96 individuals have been hospitalized in Salt Lake County. The average age is 21, although the actual range is 10 days to 76 years.

Earlier deaths included a man, 21, who died in May, and a child between ages 5 and 18, who died in early June. A man, 42; a woman, 58; and another woman, 47, all died in the past week. Most had confirmed underlying medical conditions that health officials believe made them more susceptible once they had caught the flu.

? Lois M. Collins