7th A/H1N1 Death Reported in Connecticut

[JimO]

Source: http://www.ct.gov/ctfluwatch/cwp/view.asp?a=2533&q=439218

The CT State DOH has updated its site and reports a total of 7 deaths.

July 15, 2009

Among the 1,581 Connecticut residents who have tested positive for novel H1N1:

49.2% are female, 48.6% are male and 2.2% is sex unknown

Ages range from less than 1 to 86 years (median age 13 years)

111 patients have been hospitalized for H1N1 related illnesses and 7 people have died

 

[thebes]

Re: 7th A/H1N1 Death Reported in Connecticut

http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-ap-ct-swineflu-connjul16,0,3898109.story

WATERBURY, Conn. - Hospital officials in Waterbury say a chronically ill patient has become the seventh person to die of swine flu in Connecticut.

Health officials say the patient, between the ages of 80 and 89, died Tuesday at Saint Mary's Hospital.

Five of the state's swine flu deaths have been in Waterbury.

Health officials say there have been underlying medical conditions in all Connecticut swine flu deaths.