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Swine Flu
Harris County's H1N1 Death Toll Up to 6
Updated: Monday, 12 Oct 2009, 1:16 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 12 Oct 2009, 1:16 PM CDT
* MENA EL-SHARKAWI
HOUSTON - Six residents of Harris County have died because of swine flu, a county spokesperson said.
Four of the deaths occurred between Sept. 28 and Oct. 9, said Rita Obey, a spokeswoman with the Harris County health department. An additional two deaths were reported in late July.
Three of the victims were women; two of them were between the ages of 25 and 49, and the other between 50 and 64, Obey said.
The two men who died in late July were between the ages of 24 and 27, she said; a man who died Oct. 7 was older than 65.
Harris County's death toll does not include the number of deaths reported inside in the Houston city limits, Obey said.
However, the city of Houston reported its H1N1 casualty last week when an autopsy report confirmed that swine flu was the primary cause of an inmate's death.
Harris County Jail inmate Kenneth Lane Beckett, 27, died on Sept. 25 after he was taken a few days earlier to Ben Taub General Hospital.
Although Beckett was in custody of the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the jail he was being held at was inside the Houston city limits, so he was not included the Harris County death toll.
-- Learn How to Prevent Yourself from Getting Swine Flu: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/subindex/health/swine_flu
Swine Flu
Harris County's H1N1 Death Toll Up to 6
Updated: Monday, 12 Oct 2009, 1:16 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 12 Oct 2009, 1:16 PM CDT
* MENA EL-SHARKAWI
HOUSTON - Six residents of Harris County have died because of swine flu, a county spokesperson said.
Four of the deaths occurred between Sept. 28 and Oct. 9, said Rita Obey, a spokeswoman with the Harris County health department. An additional two deaths were reported in late July.
Three of the victims were women; two of them were between the ages of 25 and 49, and the other between 50 and 64, Obey said.
The two men who died in late July were between the ages of 24 and 27, she said; a man who died Oct. 7 was older than 65.
Harris County's death toll does not include the number of deaths reported inside in the Houston city limits, Obey said.
However, the city of Houston reported its H1N1 casualty last week when an autopsy report confirmed that swine flu was the primary cause of an inmate's death.
Harris County Jail inmate Kenneth Lane Beckett, 27, died on Sept. 25 after he was taken a few days earlier to Ben Taub General Hospital.
Although Beckett was in custody of the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the jail he was being held at was inside the Houston city limits, so he was not included the Harris County death toll.
-- Learn How to Prevent Yourself from Getting Swine Flu: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/subindex/health/swine_flu
