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Public health officials say more B.C. residents have likely died of H1N1 flu this month than the official count of five lab-confirmed deaths so far.
Four of the confirmed H1N1 deaths were on Vancouver Island, while the fifth was in the Interior and there are none officially listed in the Lower Mainland.
According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, there are 49 patients hospitalized in intensive care units with severe influenza as of Jan. 17.
Sixteen of them are in the Fraser Health region and 10 are on Vancouver Island.
But officials say those numbers of deaths understate the true scope of the H1N1 flu fatalities because patients hospitalized with flu-like symptoms ? even those who die ? are not generally lab tested for a final confirmation of influenza type.
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Four of the confirmed H1N1 deaths were on Vancouver Island, while the fifth was in the Interior and there are none officially listed in the Lower Mainland.
According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, there are 49 patients hospitalized in intensive care units with severe influenza as of Jan. 17.
Sixteen of them are in the Fraser Health region and 10 are on Vancouver Island.
But officials say those numbers of deaths understate the true scope of the H1N1 flu fatalities because patients hospitalized with flu-like symptoms ? even those who die ? are not generally lab tested for a final confirmation of influenza type.
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http://www.vicnews.com/news/240957581.html